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1 July, 1983
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Call on the Prime Minister by the Unofficial Members of the
Hong Kong Executive Council, 4 July 1983
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The Governor of Hong Kong and all nine EXCO Unofficials are calling on the Prime Minister at 1530 on Monday 4 July for discussions on Hong Kong's future. They will have called on Sir Geoffrey Howe at 1100 the same day. Mr Luce is giving them lunch on 5 July.
I attach:
(a) a suggested line for the Prime Minister to take;
(b)
a copy of the Group's programme;
(c)
biographical notes on the members of the Group
As the Prime Minister is aware this is the first visit by a group of Unofficials since the Governor came with a smaller group in September 1982, prior to the Prime Minister's visit to the Far East. Since then Sir S Y Chung and Miss Lydia Dunn have been over separately and called on Ministers.
Although the EXCO Unofficials are kept fully in the picture and are closely consulted by the Governor on the content of the talks and on our strategy, they will welcome the Prime Minister's reassurance that we shall continue to work very closely with them and to take their advice into account throughout the talks.
Their visit here comes shortly before the talks move into a second phase on 12 July. As you know, the talks were announced on 1 July. Their announcement will add to the many rumours already circulating about the state of the talks, particularly in Hong Kong.
(a)
(b)
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: /(c)