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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 956 OF 22 SEPTEMBER INFO IMMEDIATE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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FURTHER TO THE GOVERNOR'S TELNO 952 OF 22 SEPTEMBER, THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WILL BE RELEASED LOCALLY AT 6PM TODAY:
''THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY MR W DORWARD, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG ON SATURDAY
EVENING FOR CONSULTATIONS IN LONDON ABOUT THE MULTI-FIBRE TEXTILE
ARRANGEMENT AND THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT SHORTLY TO BE NEGOTIATED
UNDER IT WITH THE EEC. THE GOVERNOR WILL MEET MR EDMUND DELL, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WILL BE ABSENT IN NEW YORK, BUT
THE GOVERNOR WILL ALSO MEET FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTERS AND
OFFICIALS CONCERNED. HE IS ANXIOUS TO SEE THE RESPONSIBLE
MINISTERS BEFORE FINAL DECISIONS ARE TAKEN IN LONDON OR BRUSSELS.
THE GOVERNOR EXPECTS TO RETURN ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEEK.••
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