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TELEGRAM NUMBER 575
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HKK 221D!
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HÀNG KONG
1 SEPT 1970 (H.K.D.)
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 563: MR RIPPON'S VISIT.
MR RIPPON IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUGGESTED PROGRAMME, TO WHICH HE
GLADLY AGREES SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
(A) IT IS NOT CLEAR AT WHAT POINT HE WOULD MEET YOU, BUT HE HOPES
IT WOULD BE AT AN EARLY STAGE:
(B) HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO FALL IN WITH YOUR SUGGESTION FOR AN
INFORMAL LUNCH ON 12 SEPTEMBER, AND WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW WHOM YOU HAD IN MIND TO INVITE:
(C) HE WONDERED WHETHER TWO PERSONAL FRIENDS MR ERIC HOTUNG (OF 10 STANLEY STREET) AND MR MH JACKSON-LIPKIN (OF 1103 PRINCESS BUILDING)
MIGHT BE INVITED TO ONE OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS WHICH HE WILL BE
ATTENDING:
(D) HE WOULD BE GLAD OF AN IDEA OF THE SPEECH-MAKING REQUIREMENTS (APART OF COURSE FROM THE PRESS INTERVIEWS).
2. MR COSTAIN WILL NOT NOW UNFORTUNATELY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY
MR RIPPON, WHO WILL ONLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY.
MR RIPPON WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE HOTEL
WHERE HE AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY WILL BE STAYING.
3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR AN URGENT REPLY ON POINT (D) ABOVE.
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