CONFIDENTIAL
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- 5 FEB 1988
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 509
OF 04105OZ FEBRUARY 88
PERSONAL FOR HUM, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR
@
Y OUR TELNO 250:
MY
VISIT TO LONDON
SELWYN ALLEYNE HAS NOW ARRANGED FOR ME TO SPEAK AT CHATHAM HOUSE ON 21 MARCH. I HAVE ALSO ASKED HIM TO SET UP TWO SMALL WORKING LUNCHES WITH BRITISH JOURNALISTS ON 22 AND 23 MARCH AND A MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP.
2. WHEN SIR BRIAN CUBBON WAS IN HONG KONG EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO KEEP HOME OFFICE OFFICIALS DEALING WITH SUBJECTS IN WHICH HONG KONG HAS AN INTEREST IN TOUCH WITH DEVELOPMENTS AND SENSITIVITIES IN HONG KONG. THIS IS SOMETHING I SHALL BE TALKING TO SELWYN ALLEYNE ABOUT WHEN I SEE HIM HERE NEXT WEEK. IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT USEFULLY DISCUSS DURING MY VISIT IN MARCH. ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT WILL BE TO ARRANGE FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS VISITING LONDON TO CALL ON RELEVANT OFFICIALS IN THE HOME OFFICE. BY EXTENSION THE SAME IS
TRUE OF OTHER WHITEHALL DEPARTMENTS.
3 I AGREED WITH BRIAN CUBBON THAT DURING MY VISIT IN MARCH I SHOULD CALL ON HIM AND ALSO SPEAK TO A GROUP OF HOME OFFICE OFFICIALS FROM THE VARIOUS SECTIONS CONCERNED. COULD YOU PLEASE
GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND FIT THIS INTO MY PROGRAMME.
4 I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL IF I COULD CALL ON SIR PETER MIDDLETON AT THE TREASURY AND, ASSUMING THAT THE DCA NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BY THEN BEEN CONCLUDED, ON SIR JOHN BLELLOCH'S SUCCESSOR AT THE MOD. IN BOTH CASES, THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO KEEP IN TOCUCH BUT THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOME BUSINESS TO DISCUSS,
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PARTICULARLY PERHAPS WITH THE TEASURY. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD FIX THESE CALLS ALSO, IF YOU SEE NO OBJECTION.
5.
THESE CALLS WILL OF COURSE CUT INTO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I CAN SPEND AT THE FCO. HOWEVER, BEARING IN MIND THAT MY MINISTERIAL CALLS SEEM TO BE IN THE MORNING OF 21 MARCH (YOUR TELNO 38), THERE SHOULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU AND
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