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FM HONG KONG 090910Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3434 OF 9 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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-MY TELNO 3421 AND YOUR TELNO 1387 TO PEKING: PRIME MINISTER'S
VISIT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG.
1. IF IT WOULD HELP FOR A MEETING WITH DENG, THE HONG KONG
PROGRAMME COULD AT A PINCH BE REARRANGED TO PERMIT THE PRIME
MINISTER TO LEAVE PEKING MID-MORNING AND ARRIVE IN HONG KONG
SHORTLY AFTER LUNCH. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT UMELCO WOULD OBJECT
TO THE LUNCH BEING OMITTED FROM THE PROGRAMME IF THE PRIME
MINISTER IS TO ADDRESS A JOINT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, THOUGH I SHALL NEED TO HAVE A WORD ABOUT
THIS WITH EXCO. THE PROGRAMME FOR 21 DECEMBER COULD START AFTER
LUNCH AS PLANNED WITH A DISTRICT VISIT.
2. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND AS REGARDS THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG. HE MIGHT WISH TO ATTEND A
MEETING OF EXCO AND POSSIBLY UMELCO WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER
IS ON THE DISTRICT VISIT. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT I COULD NOT PERSONALLY ACCOMPANY HER BUT ONE OF THE SENIOR SECRETARIES
CONCERNED COULD STAND IN ON THAT OCCASION. I PRESUME THE
SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD WISH TO BE PRESENT AT THE OTHER
EVENTS ON DECEMBER 21.
3. I NOTE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL NEED TO LEAVE HONG KONG
EARLY ON THE MORNING OF 22 DECEMBER. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT
THE PRESS CONFERENCE BE HELD ON THAT DAY, AFTER THE SPEECH TO THE
JOINT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HOLD A 45-MINUTE PRESS CONFERENCE AT 8.30 A.M.,
AND FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART HONG KONG ABOUT HALF AN HOUR
AFTER THE END OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
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