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The Governor may also wish to discuss what the Secretary of State
is going to say to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie and to the Chinese about the
Guangdong Nuclear Project (Brief No.12) and how he will respond to the
Chinese if they raise the question of the China Visa Office in Hong
Kong (Brief No.14).
8. As the Secretary of State will be staying at Government House, he
will no doubt have an opportunity to see the Governor on his own. This
will enable him to seek the Governor's personal views on the sort of
person who should succeed him - Sir Murray retires in April 1982 (Brief
No.15). The Governor may also wish to discuss with the Secretary of
State the effects on police morale of the current homosexuality scandal
arising from the death of Police Inspector MacLennan. This is presently
the subject of a Commission of Inquiry during the course of which the
Commissioner of Police's name has been mentioned (Brief No.1 6) .
POLICE/MILITARY BRIEFING ON ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WORK
two years.
9. Illegal immigration from China is currently Hong Kong's biggest
problem, and has been the garrison's main preoccupation over the last
The briefing in Police Headquarters by the Police and the
Military on their present operations will provide a useful background
to the subsequent discussion on the effect of illegal immigration on
Hong Kong and the merits of Operation Champion, under which all illegal
immigrants, no matter where they were arrested, would be returned to
China (Briefs Nos 10 and 16).
MEETING WITH SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE
10. Sir Lawrence (Chairman of China Light and Power) has sought the
opportunity to discuss with the Secretary of State a proposed joint pro-
ject for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Guangdong, Southern
China, in which we hope there will be a major British element in the
form of expertise and equipment and, possibly, equity. It could be of
enormous importance, both commercially and in terms of Hong Kong's long
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