17/3
Registry
No.HK 6/548/3
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Sceret.
Confidential, el
Restricted.
Unassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
DRAFT
letter
To:- J.K, Blackwell Ess, CBE
Senior Trade Commissioner
Hong Kong
Type 1 + /
From
Ep, Laird
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
(118281) Dd. 391599 1,500м 2/69 Aw.
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Your personal letter of 28 February addressed to Bunny Carter has been passed to mus
as 9 am in the
process of taking over the Departed from him.
We will certainly contrive to tell visitors to Hong Kong who
you
should meet of the existance Mission so that they can,
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you
in their programme.
of your if possible, include a vint
You ask about the vint of the Secretary of state to Hong Kong. He is due to arrive on 17 April and to leave again on 20 Apiel
20 spiel for Japan where he will visit Expo 70, His stay in Hong Kong over ther week and will be mainly a rest stop although be would meet the UMELCO while he is in the Colony, In rius
his visit and the inofficial nature
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its short duration, it is doubtful whether he will have live to visit
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that a
you,
It will not be possible to follow your sugestion
Board of Trade official should late onver the functions of your Mission since you have
informuation duties in addition to tracke
promotion. In the circumstancy you will, 9 fear, have to solcher out the best way you can
Course, sexy
us have giving you
We are able to ter povile.
may
and
and you
assistruce
Mr K.M. Welford will also be visiting the Colony from & spill for about a week after his visit to Brunei and
you may
contact him while he is there.
ou
wish to
I hope to be able to comment shortly
Board
the suggestion in your letter that a of trade official should like over the functions & your Mission