GPS 100
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG 230240Z FEB 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 497 OF 23 FEBRUARY 1984
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
HKK
RECEIVED
No
L.
027/2
ISTRY
23 FEB 1984
I. A
FOISTRY
ohn K&B
POSSIBLE VISIT TO FAR EAST BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
TODAY'S SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST CARRIES ON ITS FRONT PAGE
AN ARTICLE FROM A LONDON CORRESPONDENT QUOTING A GOVERNMENT
SOURCE AS HAVING SAID THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD DEFINITE
PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG SOME TIME THIS YEAR, BUT THAT THE
RUMOURS OF A VISIT IN APRIL COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED BECAUSE
NO DATE HAD YET BEEN DECIDED.
2. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE GUIDANCE ON A LINE TO TAKE IF NEWS
OF A POSSIBLE VISIT GOT OUT PROMISED IN YOUR TELNO 259. GRATEFUL
FOR CONFIRMATION THAT WE MAY FOLLOW THE LINE APPARENTLY TAKEN
IN LONDON.
'27"
HADDON-CAVE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MR DONALD
RESTRICTED
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