CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 026/8
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 3204
OF 121645Z DECEMBER 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
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060152 MDHOAN 0928
VISIT OF LORD GLENARTHUR TO HONG KONG AND THAILAND: JANUARY 1989. 1. WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS VISIT SOON. ON PAST EXPERIENCE, SPECULATION IN HONG KONG ABOUT A POSSIBLE VISIT IS LIKELY TO BUILD UP AND IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO PREMPT THIS WITH A PLANNED ANNOUNCEMENT.
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SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS WE PROPOSE TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AT 113U GMT ON 15 DECEMBER. 3.
FOR BANGKOK: GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SECURE THE AGREEMENT OF THE THAIS TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THIS DATE. YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE THAILAND PART OF THE VISIT WILL BE CONFINED TO DATES ONLY: NO DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME WILL BE GIVEN.
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MR MCLAREN
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
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