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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFENG TELEGRAM NUMBER 1 OF 2 FEBRUARY
INFO TOKYO.
TOKYO TELNO 1 TO ME: AIR SERVICES WITH JAPAN.
1.
ROGERS WILL BE GRATEFUL IF, PENDING A RESPONSE FROM TOMITA TO THE QUESTION ABOUT ATTENDANCE AT THE TALKS, THE NECESSARY
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT CAN BE PUT IN HAND.
2. HE PLANS TO ARRIVE HONG KONG ON 21 FEBRUARY IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR BRIEFING ON 22 FEBRUARY MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR TALKS WITH TOMITA COMMENCING LATER THAT DAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
23 FEBRUARY, STOCK-TAKING OF OUTCOME AND TOUR D'HORIZON ON NORMAL
LINES WOULD THEN OCCUPY 26 AND 27.
3. HE WILL BE GRATEFUL IF BCARFE. WILL THEREFORE RESERVE A SUITE FROM 21 FEBRUARY TO 27 FEBRUARY INCLUSIVE, EITHER AT EXCELSIOR OR AT A CENTRALLY PLACED HOTEL,
4. ROGERS IS ANXIOUS TO KEEP THE TALKS WITH TOMITA AS INFORMAL AS POSSIBLE. PROVIDED NUMBERS ARE NOT TOO LARGE, HE THEREFORE PLANS TO HOLD THEM IN HIS ROOM. IF THIS IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE NUMBERS EXPECTED, HE WONDERS WHETHER THE SWIRES PENTHOUSE WOULD BE
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