CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2500
OF 29100OZ JUNE 88
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
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004202 MDHIAN 5283
MY VISIT TO LONDON
AS THERE HAS BEEN SOME ERRONEOUS MEDIA SPECULATION ABOUT MY TRAVEL PLANS DURING THE SUMMER, I WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE SOON ON MY FORTHCOMING VISIT TO LONDON.
2. IF YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, WE WOULD ISSUE THE FOLLOWING RELEASE ON 4 JULY: (QUOTE)
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT LONDON FROM JULY 17 TO 20. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF REGULAR CONTACTS BETWEEN
THE GOVERNOR AND MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMON-
WEALTH OFFICE. DURING HIS VISIT THE GOVERNOR WILL GIVE A SPEECH TO
COMMUNITY AT THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL STATIONERS HALL IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WILL THEN HAVE A SHORT HOLIDAY. THEY PLAN
TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST 19.
THE GOVERNOR'S LAST VISIT TO LONDON WAS FROM MARCH 18 TO 24 THIS YEAR. (UNQUOTE)
3. IN RESPONSE TO PRESS QUERIES, WE WOULD SAY THAT AMONG THE SUBJECTS THAT WERE LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED DURING MY VISIT WERE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, THE BASIC LAW AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
WILSON
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