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TELEGRAM NUMBER 61 OF 3 OCTOBER
INFO PEKING
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1. ATKINSON, HEAD OF CHANCERY DESIGNATE PEKING, WITH HIS WIFE,
WILL ARRIVE HONG KONG BY BA 3 FROM LONDON ON 15 OCTOBER. PLEASE
MEET AND ARRANGE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.
2. PLEASE ARRANGE CALLS AND BRIEFINGS FOR ATKINSON ON 16 AND
17 OCTOBER. HE WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER,
SENIOR TRADE COMMISSIONER AND/OR PETER THOMPSON, AND THE
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES IF POSSIBLE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY
AND ANYONE ELSE YOU MAY RECOMMEND. THE ATKINSONS ALSO HOPE TO
MEET TIMOTHY GEORGE SOME TIME ON 17 OCTOBER. IT WOULD ALSO BE
VERY HELPFUL TO SEE SOMETHING OF DEVELOPMENTS ON THE GROUND IN
HONG KONG, INCLUDING ANTI-ILLEGAL WORK.
3.
PLEASE BOOK TRAIN TICKETS FOR THEM THROUGH TO PEKING, LEAVING
HONG KONG AT 1455 HOURS ON 18 OCTOBER VIA CANTON, LEAVING CANTON AT 2285 ON 18 OCTOBER, ARR PEKING STATION AT 1426 HOURS ON
20 OCTOBER.
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