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To:- Mi Stunt
Mr Wilford
Mr Davies (APS Mr Royle)
HONG KONG:
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PARLIAMENTARY VISIT SPONSORED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
1. In his minute of 12 March about Mr Stuart's
submission of 6 March, Mr Davies said that Mr Royle
wondered whether Lord Kennet could be included in
the Parliamentary visit to Hong Kong; and if so,
whether it could be arranged for him then to visit
Peking.
2.
I have spoken to the Ministry of Defence, who
say that they have no influence over the choice of
MPs and Peers to take part in these visits. The
matter rests with the Whips. In the case of the
one Peer in the Group, an agreement is reached on
who should go between the Whips concerned
The
Last
year a Labour Peer went. Ministry of Defence
suggest that, if Mr Royle would like to pursue the
like t
suggestion about Lord Kennet, he might have a word
with the Whips.
3.
understand from Far Eastern Department,
however, that at a lunch on 15 March in honour of
the Chinese Ambassador given by the British/Chinese
Parliamentary Group and the Great Britain/China
Committee in the House of Commons, the Ambassador
said he was going to propose to the Parliamentary
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