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TELEGRAM NO 3421 OF 8 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 1385, FUTURE OF HONG KONG : PRIME MINISTER'S VI07 NOV 1984
PEKING AND HONG KONG
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WE SUGGEST A PROGRAMME AS FOLLOWS
(4)
FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER
(1)
LATE MORNING
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ARRIVE FROM PEKING
1)
(IV)
LUNCH WITH UMELCO AT UMELCO OFFICES
EARLY AFTERNOON DISTRICT VISIT
LATE AFTERNOON RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR ABOUT 500
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
(V)
7PM - ADDRESS, TO BE TELEVISED LIVE, TO JOINT MEETING OF
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS
(VI)
DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR LEADING MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY (ABOUT 40).
SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER
PREPARATION FOR PRESS CONFERENCE
(B)
(1)
(11)
10AM PRESS CONFERENCE
(111)
11.30AM LEAVE HONG KONG FOR LONDON.
2. THE OUTSIDE AFTERNOON VISIT SHOULD BE ORIENTATED TOWARDS THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, AND NOT TOWARDS BRITISH COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH
THE TERRITORY. HENCE THE PROPOSAL FOR A DISTRICT VISIT.
3. THE MOST SUITABLE OCCASION FOR A MAJOR SPEECH ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, WHICH WE STRONGLY SUPPORT, WOULD BE AT A JOINT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS IN THE EVENING OF FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER. THERE WOULD THEN BE NO NEED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO ATTEND A FORMAL MEETING OF EXCO, WHICH IT WOULD NOT BE EASY TO FIT INTO THE PROGRAMME (BUT I SHOULD NEED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH EXCO.)
4. A MAJOR SPEECH ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE SHOULD PRECEDE THE PRESS CONFERENCE IF IT IS TO HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THE PRESS CONFERENCE BE HELD IN THE MORNING OF SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR LONDON.
5. THERE COULD BE AN EVEN LARGER RECEPTION FOR THE COMMUNITY (ITEM IV ABOVE) BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE HELD OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT
HOUSE AND COULD CAUSE SECURITY PROBLEMS.
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