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PS/Lord Belstead
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Mr Giffard
Mr Donald
pies to:-
[TEXT]
LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT
1.
MIPT.
2. Proposed speaking notes as follows:
a.
Very glad to be here. Pleased to be able to
familiarise myself with Hong Kong and meet leading
personalities.
b. Obvious that subject of future uppermost in everyone's
mind. Must stree importance of PM's achievement in
obtaining agreement for talks to begin with common aim of
maintaining prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.
to reach agreement well before 1997. HMG confident that
solution satisfactory to all can be reached.
/c.
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