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FM PEKING 310130Z JAN 34
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 164 OF 31 JANUAPY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 155 TO HONG KONG: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY MR LUCE.
1. I SHOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO MEET MR LUCE DURING HIS STAV
IN HONG KONG.
2. I DO, HOWEVER, FACE A PROBLEM OVER THE TIMING. ON PRESENT
PLANS, MR CHANNON WILL BE IN PEKING FROM 23 TO 23 FEBRUARY.
I HAD BEEN PLANNING TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON SOME OF HIS CALLS ON
24, 25 AND 27 FEBRUARY AND TO GIVE A DINNER PARTY FOR HIM
ON THE LAST OF THESE DAYS (HAVING UNFORTUNATELY MISSED HIS
ARRIVAL BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS).
3. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BEST COURSE MIGHT BE FOR ME TO
FLY DOWN TO HONG KONG BY THE MORNING FLIGHT ON 25 FEBRUARY
AND RETURN TO PEKING BY THE MID-DAY FLIGHT ON 26 FEBRUARY. THE
AMOUNT OF TIME I HAD FOR TALKS WITH MR LUCE WOULD DEPEND ON THE
TIMING OF HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG FROM BRUNEI. BUT I IMAGINE
THAT HE AND I WOULD OVERLAP IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST THE WHOLE
OF THE EVENING OF 25 FEBRUARY AND SOME OF THE MORNING OF THE
FOLLOWING SAY.
4. THIS PLAN WOULD ENTAIL MY TRESPASSING ON THE HOSPITALITY OF
THE GOVERNOR AT FANLING LODGE. I HOPE HOWEVER THAT HE COULD
AGREE TO MY DOING THIS.
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MR DONALD
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MR ROBERTS, NEWS D
SIR J CATER, HKGO LONDON
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