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OCMIAN 8748
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PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
221050Z MAY
GRS 192
HRR 096/5
RECEIVED IN ICISTRY
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4 JUN 1986
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 953
OF 221050Z MAY 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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in Taken
JB 4/6.
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
YOUR TELNO 1389: VISIT BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO TO LONDON
10
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS NOW AGREED TO RECEIVE THE
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO AT 1500 ON WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER.
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE CAN SEE THEM AT 1200 NOON ON THE SAME DAY.
WE IMAGINE THAT YOU WILL WISH TO INFORM THE UNOFFICIALS
2.
OF THIS INVITATION SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
SO, IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
YOU MAY DO
3.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR VIEWS ON THE TIMING OF
THE EVENTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VISIT. SEEN FROM HERE, THIS
SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY FAR IN ADVANCE TO AVOID ANY SPECULATION
ABOUT CRISIS TALKS, BUT NOT SO FAR THAT WE CANNOT JUDGE WHAT THE
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER. WE ALSO NEED TO
CONSIDER HOW MUCH TO MAKE OF THE 'PEG' OF MEMBERS' OTHER
COMMITMENTS IN LONDON. THIS POINTS PERHAPS TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN
THE SECOND HALF OF AUGUST.
HOWE
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HKD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SiR W HARDING MR WILSON
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