Mr Clark
Mr Evans
Mr Logan
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HKOD
SWPD
LORD KENNET
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Mr Davies' minute of 12 March.
2.
I attended a lunch on 15 March in honour of the Chinese Ambassador in the House of Commons given by the British/Chinese Parliamentary Group and the Great Britain/ China Committee. During a short speech the Chinese Ambassador said that he was going to propose to the British/Chinese Parliamentary Group that they organise
Lord Kennet a second Parliamentary Delegation to China. was at the lunch and I noticed that he took very obvious note of Mr Sung's remark. Lord Kennet is a member of the Group.
3. I have discussed with HKPD and we agreed that in these circumstances it might be better not to take any further the matter of Lord Kemet's inclusion in the MOD-sponsored visit to the Far East. The Chinese will no doubt follow up the Ambassador's remark in due course. I think we can depend on Lord Kennet not to allow them to forget it.
16 March 1973
HL Davies
Far Eastern Department
Lord Kennet told me some time
ago
that one
of his troubles was that the British (Chinese Parliamenta Group was virtually moribund, but perhaps the function described above was a
2.
Even if
sign of
renewed
life.
a second B-C.P.C delegation does go to China someone will have to pay for their travel. I know that
pay for himself if he can avoid it. I doubt whether this "Chinese will enquire
Lord Kennet does not wish to
I would see n
objection
too deeply into the way in which their guests financed their journey to Hong Kong.
Mr Davies' minute above the Lord Kennet's
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