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CONFIDENTIAL HKK
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RECEIVED IS REGISTR22783
16 APR 1984
OO HONG KONG
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 121530Z APRIL 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 686 OF 12 APRIL
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INFO PEKING (FOR GOVERNOR AND FOR MISS WAGHORN
YOUR TEL NO 1003: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT
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von Taken:
1. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN PEKING TEL NO 713 SUGGESTING THAT SEC-
RETARY OF STATE WILL LEAVE PEKING AT 1200 ON 18 APRIL. THIS
WOULD GIVE A TIME OF ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG AT ABOUT 1510. WE SUGGEST YOU PLAN ON THIS BASIS.
2. CRADOCK, WILSON, GOULDEN, BURROWS, APPLEYARD AND RICKETTS WILL ALL ATTEND GOVERNMENT HOUSE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS AND EXCO MEETING AND ALL BUT BURROWS (WHO RETURNS TO LONDON) THE UMELCO MEETING AND PRE-PRESS CONFERENCE BRIEFING. ONLY CRADOCK AND GOULDEN WILL BE ON DAIS WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AND GOVERNOR FOR PRESS CONFERENCE. OTHERS MAY ALSO SIT IN.
3.
SECRETARY OF STATE IS CONTENT TO MEET PRESIDENTS/CHAIR-
MAN OF STAFF ASSOCIATIONS AT THE RECEPTION AS PROPOSED IN PARA- GRAPH 6 OF TUR.
4.SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOTED THAT MESSRS ATKINS, COPE AND MITCHELL WILL BE IN HONG KONG AT THE SAME TIME AS HIM AND HAS ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THEIR PATHS TO CROSS AT SOME STAGE. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER WHETHER THIS IS FEASIBLE: COULD THEY FOR EXAMPLE BE INVITED TO THE RECEPTION ON 19 APRIL?
5. WE WILL CONSULT LADY HOWE ON POINTS CONCERNING HER IN TUR. IT MAY IN THE EVENT ONLY BE POSSIBLE TO FINALISE ARRANGEMENTS LOCALLY.
HOWE
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