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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
EUTURE OF HONG KONG : VISIT BY UNOFFICIALS TO LONDON : YOUR
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1. ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER OF UNOFFICIALS PLANS, THE MOST SUITABLE TIME FOR THEM TO VISIT LONDON WOULD BE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY 4 AND 5 JULY.
2. THIS TIMING HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES. APART FROM CAUSING MINIMUM DISRUPTION TO UNOFFICIALS, IT WOULD COME SOON AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN LONDON, AND MIGHT PRECEDE THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE TALKS IN PEKING. (ALTHOUGH NOT ESSENTIAL IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THE LONDON VISIT PRECEDED THE START OF THE SUBSTANTIVE TALKS). AND THEY COULD TRAVEL (AND REST) OVER THE
JULY 2/3 WEEKEND.
3. I WILL BE CONSULTING UNOFFICIALS FURTHER ON THEIR PLANS
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AT TOMORROW'S EXCO (JUNE 21). FOR THIS PURPOSE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR PROVISIONAL REACTION TO THESE DATES AND IN PARTICULAR TO KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY RULED OUT BY ANY EXISTING MINISTERIAL ENGAGEMENTS. IF THEY ARE NOT CONVENIENT AND THERE ARE SOME OBVIOUS ALTERNATIVES IN MINISTERS' DIARIES, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT THESE ARE.
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