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FM FCO 111535Z JUL 83
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 627 OF 12 JULY
INFO ROUTINE PEKING (FOR AMBASSADOR)
FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT
AUTUMN VISITS TO HONG KONG
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MKKOST DO RECEIVED IN REGORY ME. 3] 15 JUL 1983
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AS YOU KNOW, MR LUCE IS CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE VISIT IN MID-SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE HEARD THAT MR PETER WALKER, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY HAS BEEN THINKING OF VISITING CHINA. 20 22 SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE
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PERIOD FOR A SHORT VISIT TO HONG KONG.
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WE THINK THAT IF POSSIBLE MR LUCE SHOULD VISIT HONG KONG BEFORE MR WALKER, TO EMPHASISE HIS INTEREST. BECAUSE OF THE COMMONWEALTH LAW CONFERENCE, WE WOULD PROPOSE THE WEEK BEGINNING 26 SEPTEMBER FOR MR LUCE. WE SHOULD THEN SUGGEST THAT MR
WALKER PUT OFF HIS VISIT UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR.
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MR EDWARD HEATH IS ALSO PLANNING TO VISIT HONG KONG AND CHINA FROM 28 AUGUST TO 15 SEPTEMBER. WE TOLD HIM THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE AWAY DURING THIS PERIOD BUT THAT SIR HADDON-CAVE WOULD BE THERE. MR HEATH IS ALSO CONSIDERING LATE NOVEMBER, BUT THIS IS APPARENTLY VERY MUCH A SECOND CHOICE FOR HIM AND THE CHINESE, AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH HE WILL TRY TO STICK TO THE
EARLIER DATES.
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GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THESE VISITS AND TIMINGS.
WE SHALL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF MR HEATH'S VISIT NEARER THE TIME IN THE LIGHT OF THE POSITION IN THE
TALKS WITH CHINA.
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