HAVE OMMITTED MY OF THE MORE EVICUS CALLS WHICH I IMAGINE WILL BE INCLUDED AC IN ANY PROGRAMME DRAWN UP FOR A FCO VISITOR.
2. ON THE SOC! 1 SIDE
ORR HAS A KED ME TO KEEP THE
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CH HE WOULD LIKE TO IVE. LYDIA DUNA AL KINDLY SAID I
AT SHE WIL! TAMSON ULD LIKE T DE ME DINNER DURING MY VISIT AND PATRION IS WRITING TO B. A OUT THIS. CEORGES EGAL, THE NEWLY ARRIVED FRENCH COUNSUL GENERAL, HAS SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ME LUNCH OR DINNER AND I PROVISED THAT I WOULD LET HIM KNOW THROUGH YOU THE DATES I JULD TE IN HONG KONG.
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TAPOLOGISE COR ACCRESSING THIS BARRAGE AT YOU BUT IAN ORR THOUGHT THAT YOU ULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO APPROACH ALTHOUGH NO DOUBT SOMEONE ELUF IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL ACTUALLY COORDINATE THE VISIT. I SHALL OF COURSE BE HAPPY TO SIT IN WITH ANY LOCAL SUGGESTIONS AS I WANT TO SEE AS MUCH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS POSSIBLE. IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NONA DURING THE COURSE OF ROUTINE BUSINESS I WOULD
ERT INLY WELCOME THIS, CUT I DOUBT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ARRANGE A SPECIFIC CALL. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO VISIT MACAU AND IF ANYONE FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WERE MAKING AN OFFICIAL VISIT THERE I WILL BE DELIGHTED TO ACCOMPANY HIM, ALTERNATIVELY, I COULD DO IT PRIVATELY ON ONE OF THE TWO WEEKENDS
I AM IN HONG KONG.
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