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HKB CONFIDENTIAL
14 DEC 1987
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MY SECOND
IPT: VISIT BY MARTIN LEE TO LONDON: CALL ON
LORD GLENARTHUR
1. WE NOW NEED TO CONSIDER A RESPONSE TO THE DELEGATION'S LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER, AND TO THEIR REQUEST FOR A MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE LETTER, AND YOUR VIEWS.
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ON THE REQUEST TO SEE THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OUR INITIAL VIEW IS THAT NEITHER SHOULD RECEIVE THE DELEGATION AT A LATER STAGE. ALL THE REASONS FOR TURNING DOWN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST REMAIN VALID: IN PARTICULAR WE WOULD NOT WISH TO GIVE THE DELEGATION AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR PROFILE WITH A FURTHER VISIT TO LONDON AT THAT LEVEL.
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