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PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR YOUR TELNOS 699-700:
MY VISIT TO LONDON: 20-23 MARCH
THANK YOU FOR THE REVISED PROGRAMME IN FIRST TUR. I ASSUME
THAT YOU KNOW THAT I WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING THREE CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL IN THE HKGO IN THE AFTERNOON
OF 23 MARCH.
2. THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS VISIT IS AS YOU SAY VERY TIGHT. I
THEREFORE DO NOT THINK THAT I WILL HAVE THE TIME TO SEE MESSRS.
GOVAN AND BROWN OF HKTAG OR SIR ERIC SHARPE. COULD YOU PLEASE
EXPLAIN THIS TO THEM AND SAY THAT I VERY MUCH HOPE TO BE ABLE
TO
FIT THEM IN ON MY NEXT VISIT, WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE IN MID-JULY.
3. THE CHECKLIST OF ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION IN SECOND TUR ACCORDS
VERY CLOSELY WITH MY OWN. IN MY MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST SARG, THE BASIC LAW AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. IF THE DCA HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED BY THEN, IT TOO WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA: BUT I SINCERELY HOPE THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE. WITH LORD GLENARTHUR WOULD LIKE ALSO TO DISCUSS THE GENERAL COMPENSATION SCHEME, HOW TO IMPROVE OUR LIAISON WITH THE MEDIA AND MPS IN LONDON:
AND HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG IN JUNE.
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4. MY PRESENT INTENTION IS THAT DURING MY MEETING WITH THE HOME SECRETARY AND MR RENTON, I WOULD RAISE VR'S THE BN(O) PASSPORT AND POSSIBLY UNDERTAKINGS. WITH SIR P MIDDLETON I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE DIALOGUE ON FINANCIAL MATTERS AND THE HK/US DOLLAR
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WILSON
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