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TELEGRAM NUMBER 389 OF 25 FEBRUARY
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FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY TO MR LUCE FR
YOUR TEL NO 308: MR LUCE'S VISIT.
1. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT I SHALL NOT BE HERE IN JULY. I SHALL BE ON LEAVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE MOST OF THAT MONTH AND EARLY AUGUST, AND MAINTENANCE WILL BE IN PROGRESS IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
2. PRESENTATIONALLY, FROM THE HONG KONG POINT OF VIEW, THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VISIT IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER.
BY MID-JULY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE ARE ALREADY LEAVING FOR THE IR HOLIDAYS AND FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW SEPTEMBER WILL BE BETTER.
3. BUT THERE IS NOT MUCH IN IT AND IF MR LUCE WOULD STILL LIKE TO COME IN JULY DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO WILL BE ACTING GOVERNOR, WOULD BE GLAD TO PUT HIM UP AT VICTORIA HOUSE AND ARRANGE A PROGRAMME FOR HIM.
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