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G)
LUNCH
H)
1400
1)
INFORMAL
DEPART FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE
SHORT PRESS CONFERENCE AT AIRPORT BEFORE DEPARTURE FOR
SINGAPORE AT 1505.
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5. I HOPE THAT MR AND MRS WALKER AND MRS AND MRS HESELTINE WILL
STAY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THERE WOULD ALSO BE ROOM FOR MR BERRY AND
MR CAINES.
6. WE WILL BOOK ACCOMMODATION FOR THE REMAINDER AT THE MANDARIN
HOTEL. WE ARE NOT REPT NOT MAKING BOOKINGS FOR MR AND MRS LEWANDO
OR MR WOODLEY, BUT WE WILL COVER THE POSSIBILITY OF MR. MASON, ECGD, AND TWO OFFICIALS ACCOMPANY THE HESELTINES.
7.
GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS BY TELEGRAM ON THESE PROPOSALS AND IN
PARTICULAR ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNER SO THAT THEY CAN GET
AHEAD WITH ARRANGEMENTS. THE SOONER INVITATIONS GO OUT THE BETTER.
8. WE CAN DISCUSS THE DETAILS WITH CORLEY WHEN HE COMES THROUGH
ON 19TH MARCH. SENIOR TRADE COMMISSIONER IS REPLYING SEPARATELY
TO CORLEY ABOUT HIS PROGRAMME AND THAT OF DAVIES AND THE GALSWORTHYS (YOUR TELNO 184 TO PEKING).
9. HAVE MRS. WALKER AND MRS. HESELTINE ANY PREFERENCES? UNLESS
THEY WISH SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE WE COULD DISCUSS WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO DO AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHETHER THEY WOULD PREFER A QUIET EVENING
ON THE SATURDAY, OR TO GO OUT TO DINNER, FOR INSTANCE,
WITH THE STC'S WIFE, OR WITH FRIENDS?
10.
IN VIEW OF PARA. 3 OF YOUR TEL 172 WE ARE NOT
ARRANGING FOR MR LEWANDO OR MOR WOOLLEY TO TAKE PART IN ANY OF THE
ABOVE PROGRAMME. I WOULD OF COURSE GLADLY
SEE MR LEWANDO ON THE MONDAY.
FCO PASS COPY TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HKIOD.
COPIES TO:
MR CORLEY
DTI
MISS WELCH CRE II
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
6 GRAFTON STREET W 1
FED
SEAD
SIR D WATSON
PS/MR ROYLE
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