CONFIDENTIAL
PS/Mr Lyte Minishes MKK04046
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CO HUM, HKD
DATE: 9 AUGUST 1984
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16 AUG 1984
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PS/PUS
Sir P Cradock
A C Galsworthy (0.R.)
FUTURE OF HONG KONG : TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY:
UK MONITOR
A
1. Sir Patrick Nairne telephoned Mr Galsworthy this morning and,
in the latter's absence, I took the call. Sir Patrick had received
Mr Luce's letter of 8 August, inviting him to serve as the UK
member of the Monitoring Team in Hong Kong.
2.
Sir Patrick made it clear that he was disposed to accept
the invitation if he possibly could. He explained however that
this would require some re-arrangement of his plans, in particular
where the administration of his college was concerned. He would
need to be granted dispensation to be absent, and someone else
would have to be elected to serve as Master during his absence.
These procedures were complicated by the fact that the Fellows of
the college were now scattered throughout the world.
3. Sir Patrick asked if I could clarify certain details:
i) was the task of Monitor to be considered as a full-time,
continuing job during the two months that the Team was in existence?
I said that it was.
ii)
was there any chance that the timing of the beginning and/or
the end of the test of acceptability would slip? Sir Patrick
explained that it would be very much easier to organise his
departure and replacement if he could be present in Oxford in the
first half of October. On the other hand he was committed to
organising and chairing an important Seminar at Leeds Castle between
19 and 21 September, and he would be reluctant to have to miss
this. I explained the reasons why the initialling of an agreement
with the Chinese was very unlikely to slip beyond the end of
September, and why the test of acceptability would need to be
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