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FM HONG KONG 300814Z DEC 81
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1680 OF 30 DECEMBER
LORD PRIVY SEAL'S VISIT.
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Actor Tsai,
YOURTELNO 554.
WE WILL ANNOUNCE LPS'S VISIT TO HONG KONG IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT AT 1230 GMT ON WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER.
THE HONG KONG ANNOUNCEMENT WILL READ AS FOLLOWS:
VISIT OF THE LORD PRIVY SEAL.
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, THE RT HON HUMPHREY ATKINS, MP, WILL VISIT
HONG KONG NEXT MONTH DURING A FAR EASTERN TOUR WHICH INCLUDES CHINA,
SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN.
ON HIS WAY TO CHINA, MR ATKINS WILL STOP OVER IN HONG KONG FOR
ONE NIGHT ON JANUARY 3.
MR ATKINS WILL BE IN HONG KONG AGAIN FROM JANUARY 8 TO 10 DURING WHICH HE WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE AND SENIOR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. HE WILL ALSO MEET MEMBERS OF THE UMELCO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD AND BE BRIEFED ON NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT WITH VISITS TO TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN. MR ATKINS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON HIS TRIP BY HIS WIFE: HIS PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR T R ARNOLD, MP: AN ASSISTANT UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFCE, MR A E DONALD, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAR EASTERN SOUTH EAST ASIAN, HONG KONG AND GENERAL (HONGKONG) AND SOUTH PACIFIC DEPARTMENTS: THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE NEWS DEPARTMENT (FCO) MR R WESTBROOK: AND HIS ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY MR M A ARTHUR.
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED HR & AD PCD NEWSD PS LPS SIR.E. YOUDE MR DONALD
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