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Mr Male
PS/Lord Goropy-Roberts
Parliamentary Unit
1.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION TO THE PRIME MINISTER BY MR ROBERT PARRY MP
Mr Parry has tabled a question for written answer on Tuesday 10 December, to ask the Prime Minister if he has any plans to pay an official visit to Hong Kong. He has asked such questions before.
2. There are no plans for the Prime Minister to visit Hong Kong. I submit an appropriate draft advice, with a short background note.
FED, P&CD and the Governor of Hong Kong concur in the proposed
3.
reply.
4. The Parliamentary Office asked for the draft reply by noon today. However, since we wished to consult the Governor over the weekend, they agreed that it should reach them as soon as possible.
Dest
A C Stuart
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.
9 December 1974
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