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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 579
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
2 SEPTEMBER 1970
YOUR TELEGRAM 575 RIPPON'S VISIT.
*OP COFF
HKK 221.
PROGRAMME HAS NOW BEEN ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE DISCUSSION WITH ME BEFORE
HIS MEETING WITH F.S. ON MORNING OF SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER. THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO OUR DISCUSSION AND LUNCHEON ON 14TH AS SET
OUT IN MY TELEGRAM 563.
2. PROPOSALS FOR LUNCHEON 12TH SHOULD HAVE READ INFORMAL LUNCHEON WITH FINANCIAL SECRETARY OR FREE ETC.'. SIR JOHN HAD IT IN MIND TO INVITE ONE OR TWO SENIOR OFFICIALS ONLY AND IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR (C) HE WOULD NOW BE GLAD TO INCLUDE MR HO TUNG AND MR JACKSON- LIPKIN. IT IS UNDERSTOOD ALSO THAT MR HO TUNG IS INVITING MR RIPPON
TO DINNER ON SUNDAY 13TH.
3. SPEECHES. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC OCCASIONS INCLUDED IN PROGRAMME BUT AN EXPOSITION BY MR RIPPON OF PROSPECTS OF E.E.C. NEGOTIATIONS AND PROBLEMS INVOLVED ESPECIALLY FOR HONG KONG WOULD NO DOUBT BE WELCOMED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF COUNCILS AND BY THE ADVISORY
BOARDS HE IS TO MEET.
4. ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN BOOKED AT MANDARIN HOTEL.
SIR D. TRENCH
FILES
HONG KONG DEPT. P.S.
P.S. TO C.D.L.
SIR L. MONSON E.I.D.
NEWS DEPT.
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