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TO PRIORITY SYDNEY TELNO 16 OF 16 MAY
INFO HONG KONG
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PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO PROFESSOR TURNER AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
FROM STEWART
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1. HURST HAS TOLD ME OF YOUR TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIM ON 12 MAY. I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA BUT THAT, IF YOU WERE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, YOU MIGHT FIT IN A QUICK VISIT TO THE UK. FAILING THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT TO COME TO THE UK UNTIL THE AUTUMN, PROBABLY AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, BY WHICH TIME YOU WOULD BRING THE DRAFT OF YOUR FINAL REPORT,
2. YOU WILL KNOW FROM THE MESSAGE I SENT YOU ON 5 MAY THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO ARRANGING FOR YOU TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TUC BEFORE YOU COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF YOUR ENQUIRIES. WHILE WE DO NOT WISH TO TIE YOU DOWN TO A PARTICULAR TIME FOR YOUR VISIT, IT WOULD NOT BE SATISFACTORY IF YOU HAD ALREADY COMPLETED THE DRAFT OF YOUR FINAL REPORT BY THE TIME YOU MET THE TUC. THE FLEXIBILITY REGARDING THE TIMING OF YOUR VISIT WHICH I ALLOWED FOR IN MY MESSAGE ON 12 MAY WILL NOT, I AM AFRAID, EXTEND TO YOUR POSTPONING YOUR VISIT UNTIL QUITE AS LATE A STAGE IN YOUR ENQUIRIES AS YOU SUGGESTED IN SPEAKING TO HURST.
3. I HOPE, THEREFORE, THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG LATER THIS MONTH AND, IF SO, WILL CONE ON TO LONDON TO MEET THE TUC. IF THAT DOES NOT WORK OUT I SHALL ASK YOU TO MAKE A SPECIAL VISIT TO LONDON BEFORE COMPLETING THE FINAL DRAFT OF YOUR REPORT. THIS POINTS IT SEEMS, TO YOUR COMING HERE SOMETIME IN LATE JUNE OR JULY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHETHER THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
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