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VISIT TO LONDON BY SIR S Y CHUNG, SENIOR HONG KONG EXCO UNOFFICIAL

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The Governor of Hong Kong telephoned to say that Sir S Y Chung would be visiting London privately from 2- 5 May, mainly in order to receive honorary distinctions from the engineering profession. Sir S Y Chung had himself suggested to the Governor that he should see Lord Belstead and possibly the Prime Minister and others on the question of the future of Hong Kong.

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We discussed this and agreed that we should certainly recommend that Sir S Y should see Lord Belstead and probably the Secretary of State, if he was available. It might well also be appropriate for him to see the Prime Minister, who has expressed a general readiness to see Hong Kong Unofficials. Here the Governor's main concern, however, is that any call of this type at Number 10 should not cut across the proposal for a visit by all the EXCO Unofficials, perhaps later in May. (My submission of 13 April). I submit a draft letter to Mr Coles.

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