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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 3225
OF 14163OZ DECEMBER 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HHC3
CX7/1
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VISIT OF LORD GLENARTHUR
YOUR TELNO 4524: LORD GLENARTHUR IS CONTENT WITH THE PROGRAMME CHANGE ON 11 JANUARY WHICH YOU HAVE SUGGESTED.
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YOUR TELNO 4435: WE QUITE UNDERSTAND YOUR DIFFICULTIES OVER ACCOMMODATION AT FANLING. PAUL WOULD BE PERFECTLY CONTENT TO STAY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON THE NIGHTS IN QUESTION.
ALTERNATIVELY, IF YOU FELT IT DESIRABLE FOR PAUL TO BE AT FANLING FOR THE DURATION OF THE VISIT, COURT WOULD BE PREPARED TO SWAP WITH HIM.
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YOUR TELNO 4541: WE NOTE FROM THIS TELEGRAM THAT THE VISIT TO THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION IS NOW TAKING PLACE ON 10 JANUARY, RATHER THAN 9 JANUARY AS ORIGINALLY NOTIFIED, AND
THAT THE VISIT TO THE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE HAS BEEN
SWITCHED TO 9 JANUARY FROM 10 JANUARY. WE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARE OF THIS CHANGE. COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THIS IS CORRECT?
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4 LORD GLENARTHUR IS CONTENT WITH THE PRESS ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED IN YOUR TELNO 4541. WE SUGGEST HOWEVER THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF THE PRESS COULD ALSO BE INVITED TO COVER THE VISIT TO THE SITE OF THE NEW UNIVERSITY IF, AS WE PLAN, LORD GLENARTHUR MAKES A DONATION OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IN THE COURSE OF THAT
VISIT.
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IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A REVISED PROGRAMME TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE LATEST CHANGES, TOGETHER WITH PRECISE TIMINGS, AS SOON AS IS CONVENIENT.
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