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TELEGRAM NUMBER 335 OF 23 FEBRUARY
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, BRUNEI (FOR PS/MR LUCE)
YOUR TELNO 497 NOW REPEATED TO BRUNEI: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SECRETARY
OF STATE
1. A LOBBY CORRESPONDENT WHO STRINGS FOR THE SOUTH CHINA
MORNING POST YESTERDAY APPROACHED HEAD OF NEWS DEPARTMENT IN
THE COMMONS SAYING THAT HE HAD HEARD FROM GOOD SOURCES IN HONG
KONG THAT I WOULD VISIT HONG KONG IN APRIL.
2. HE WAS TOLD THAT I CERTAINLY HOPED TO VISIT HONG KONG
AT SOME STAGE, BUT THAT NO DATE HAD BEEN FIXED. HE ASKED
WHETHER IT WOULD BE FAIR TO ASSUME THAT THE VISIT WOULD TAKE
PLACE THIS YEAR AND WAS TOLD THAT, DIARY PERMITTING, THIS
WOULD MAKE SENSE GIVEN MY INTEREST IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
3. GOULDEN DID NOT SAY THAT I HAD ANY DEFINITE PLAN TO VISIT
HONG KONG THIS YEAR.
4.
YOU MAY WISH TO USE THE SAME LINE.
HOWE
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