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FM FCO 221710Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 87 OF 22 NOVEMBER
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
FROM ELLIOTT
109
YOUR TELNO 147: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
PA P23/n
Gary
1. WE DISCUSSED BRIEFING FOR THE VISIT AT A MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON AT WHICH BENJAMIN WAS PRESENT. ALL WERE AGREED
THAT THE BRIEFING SHOULD INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
PRIME MINISTER SHOULD SPEAK OF CLP'S ENTHUSIASM AND
COMMITMENT FOR THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THAT OF HMG, AND
REFER TO HER PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF LORD KADOORIE. HOWEVER
WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR HER TO GO INTO
THE DETAIL OF THE EXXON DISPUTE OR MAKE ANY REFERENCE TO IT.
2. WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA OF SLIPPING IN A BRIEF
MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER IN HONG KONG FOR KADOORIE
AND HKD ARE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITIES IN THE PROGRAMME.
on 1666/1 please
HOWE
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DISTRIBUTION
LIMITED
FED
HKD
DR WILSON
COPIES TO
SIR P CRADOCK
MR BENJAMIN, DTI VIC ST
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23 NOV 1984
DESK OFFICER
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