4.
The Secretary of State subsequently confirmed
his wish to visit Hong Kong next year and his
willingness to open the Science Centre. He
expressed a preference for the visit to take place
immediately after Easter (during the Parliamentary
recess). This would mean that he would be in a
position to travel on or about 10 April, arriving in
Hong Kong on 11 April. It was envisaged that he could go on to Australia for the SEATO/meeting
(provided that the dates fitted) and to New Zealand.
5. The dates suggested above were provisionally
agreed with the Governor of Hong Kong (and, in
Authoritie
confidence, with the University subject to the
Secretary of State's other commitments.
the
There
this matter till rests so far as Hong Kong is
concerned.
6.
will take place in July/and not in April.
It now seems likely that the SEATO meeting
If this
is the case it will not be possible for the
Secretary of State to combine his visit to Hong
Kong with his attendance at the SEATO meeting.
However, he already has a provisional commitment to
visit Tokio in April for Anglo Japanese talks and
this visit might be combined with the visit to
Hong Kong.
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