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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1550 OF 13 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2973 AND HONG KONG TELNO 3780 : PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1.
IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION WE AGREE THAT YOU
SHOULD SPEAK GENERALLY AS YOU SUGGEST. WE WOULD NOT HOWEVER WISH
YOU TO ASK SPECIFICALLY THAT ALL MEMBERS OF LEGCO SHOULD BE PLACED
AHEAD OF ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. GIVEN THAT SOME
OF THE LATTER ARE VERY EMINENT, AND THAT THE MOST PROMINENT CHINESE
NOMINEES ARE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD
CAUSE DIFFICULTIES. IN GENERAL YOU SHOULD SEEK TO ENSURE THAT THE
FRONT RANK OF OBSERVERS CONTAINS A GOOD CROSS-SECTION FROM HONG
KONG, AND IS NOT DOMINATED BY OBVIOUS COMMUNIST SYMPATHISERS,
THAT ALL THE UNOFFICIALS ARE GIVEN SUITABLY PROMINENT
POSITIONS. IF POSSIBLE ALL THE EXCO MEMBERS SHOULD BE IN THE
FRONT RANK. SIR S Y CHUNG AND MR LOBO MUST BE THERE.
2.
WE AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT PRESS SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH
SIDE TO NOMINATE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR THE FRONT
RANK, SINCE THIS COULD CAUSE ENDLESS DISPUTES FOR WHICH THERE
SIMPLY IS NOT TIME. WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW AT THIS STAGE EXACTLY
WHO HAS ACCEPTED.
3.
WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ABOUT THE PROGRAMME.
AND
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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