CONFIDENTIAL
CER/CAT A AND BY BAG
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 232
CONFIDENTIAL
TO WELLINGTON
6 AUGUST 1973.
(PN)
ADDRESSED TO WELLINGTON TELEGRAM NUMBER 282 OF 6 AUGUST AND TO CANBERRA, HONG KONG REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO ROME, BONN, BRUSSELS, UKDEL EEC. SAVING TO PARIS, THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG.
MR. RIPPON'S VISIT.
NEWS DEPARTMENT PROPOSE TO ANNOUNCE THE VISIT AT 1230 BST ON
TUESDAY 11 AUGUST, IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
"THE CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER, MR. GEOFFREY RIPPON,
MP, HAS ACCEPTED INVITATIONS FROM THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND (MR. J.R. MARSHALL) AND OF AUSTRALIA (MR. JOHN
MCEWEN) TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA AS THE QUEST OF THE
TWO COVERNMENTS, MR. RIPPON WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
VISIT HONG KONG,
HE WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 11-14 SEPTEMBER, CANBERRA FROM
15-17 SEPTEMBER AND NEW ZEALAND FROM 17-22 SEPTEMBER, THE PURPOSE
OF THESE VISITS IS TO MEET THOSE DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE
PROBLEMS ARISING FROM BRITISH MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
AND TO OBTAIN FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR VIEWS ON THE SPOT.’’
2. NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL ADD AT THE SAME TIME IN ANSWER TO
QUESTIONS:
(A) MR. RIPPON WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS P.P.S. (MR. ALBERT COSTAIN MP) AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY. SIR CON O'NEILL WILL JOIN THE
PARTY IN WELLINGTON.
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