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FS HONG KONG 0463452 MAR 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TILNO.337 OF 4 MARCH,
5 MAR 1979
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TAPO INMEDIATE: PEKING, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON(PERSONAL FOR
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BRAY).
MY TELNO.236 VISIT TO CHINA.
WE INTEND TO ANNOUNCE THE VISIT AT 1643 LOCAL (0846%)
ON 6 MARCH USING THE FOLLOWING TEXT:
AT THE INVITATION OF MR LI QIANG, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE COVERNOR WILL BE VISITING CHINA FROM 24 MARCH TO 4 APRIL. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
LADY MACLEHOSE, SIR YUST-KEUNG AND LADY KAN, AND DR AND MRS WILSON,>*
THIS WORDING HAS DEEN AGREED WITH NONA. WE WILL CONFIRM THE
TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO THEM LATER.
2. ON 6 MARCH WE WILL GIVE BACKGROUND BRIEFING FOR SELECTED
JOURNALISTS AS IN MY TELNO.396. IN ADDITION WE WILL MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT THE INVITATION WAS UNDER DISCUSSION SOME TIME BEFORE
THE FIGHTING IN VIETNAM BEGAN.
3. MEANWHILE WE WILL TRY TO MOLD THE LINE AS IN PARA.3 OF MY TEL UNDER REF NOWA HAVE AGREED THAT THEY WILL INSTRUCT THE
PRESS THEY CONTROL TO ACT SIMILARLY.
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MR BRAY
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE, LONDON
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