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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2122
OF 10041OZ OCTOBER 85
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING,
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON
HONG KONG TELNO.
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PUBLIC PRESENTATION
VISIT OF MR. RENTON :
I UNDERSTAND FROM OUR WASHINGTON OFFICE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR. LEON BRITTAN, WILL BE IN WASHINGTON ON 29 AND 30 OCTOBER TO MEET MESSRS. YEUTTER, BALDRIDGE, PACKWOOD AND GIBBONS, AMONG OTHERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ON THE HILL. GIVEN THIS TIMING AND MR. RENTON'S FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE ON 31 OCTOBER, THE LATTER WOULD HAVE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO STRESS HMG'S COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG IF HE COULD ANNOUNCE THAT MR. BRITTAN HAD AVAILED HIMSELF OF HIS VISIT TO PRESS SOME OF HONG KONG'S POINTS ON US TRADE PROTECTIONIST LEGISLATION, ETC.
2. IF THIS SUGGESTION IS AGREEABLE TO YOUR AND MR. BRITTAN, WE WILL SUGGEST A FEW SPECIFIC POINTS WHICH MIGHT BE MADE.
YOUDE
LIMITED
FED
SEAD
HKD
PROTOCOL D PS/MR RENTON SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
HAH 027/6
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 1 1 OCT 1985
14/10
HEGISTRY
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