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PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 474
CONFIDENTIAL.
HONG KONG AND THE EEC.
REF.
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TO HONG KONG
16 JULY 1978
(HK)
DENMAN, UNDER SECRETARY BOARD OF TRADE, WHO IS A MEMBER OF OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR ENTRY INTO EEC, WOULD LIKE TO VISIT HONG KONG TO DISCUSS WITH APPROPRIATE PEOPLE PROBLEMS INVOLVED FOR HONG KONG
IN OUR JOINING ENLARGED COMMUNITIES. VISIT WOULD BE FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES AND HE WOULD LIKE IT CARRIED OUT AS DISCREETLY AS POSSIBLE, CONFINING HIS CONTACTS TO OFFICIALS. IF, HOWEVER, IT PROVED DESIRABLE THAT HE SHOULD SEE ANYONE OUTSIDE OFFICIAL CIRCLES AND IF
THIS COULD BE DONE WITHOUT INFRINGING THE ''DISCREET'' NATURE OF
HIS VISIT SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS COULD NO DOUBT BE MADE DURING HIS
TIME IN HONG KONG.
2. OWING TO OTHER COMMITMENTS DENMAN WOULD PLAN TO LEAVE HERE ON 3 AUGUST ARRIVING IN HONG KONG ON THE AFTERNOON OF 4 AUGUST AND
TO STAY FOR THREE FULL DAYS OR SO.
3. WE SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL AND HOPE DATE SUGGESTED FOR VISIT WILL
BE CONVENIENT TO YOU.
DOUGLAS-HOME
FILES:
H.K.D.
E.I.D.
3A912
aw HK Tues 44 Duaj: 1535 local
on the back 15th.k. BAA COPIES TO:
MR. DENMAN, B.O.T.
E.C.I.U. T.P.D. COMMODITIES D.
SIR L. MONSON SIR C. O'NEILL HR. BOTTOMLEY
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