CONFIDENTIAL
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MDHOAN 8586
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 383
OF 11173OZ FEBRUARY 88
(35)
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
OUR TELNO 372: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT
1.
NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT AT 12.30PM ON 12 FEBRUARY:
BEGINS:
VISIT BY LORD GLENARTHUR TO KOREA AND NEPAL: 24 FEBRUARY 2 MARCH
LORD GLENARTHUR, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WILL VISIT KOREA (24-26 FEBRUARY) AND NEPAL (27 FEBRUARY 2 MARCH).
BACKGROUND: IN KOREA LORD GLENARTHUR WILL REPRESENT HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AT THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT ROH TAE WOO ON 25 FEBRUARY. LORD GLENARTHUR WILL TRANSIT HONG KONG OVERNIGHT ON 26 FEBRUARY ON HIS WAY TO NEPAL WHERE HE WILL BE MAKING HIS FIRST VISIT SINCE ASSUMING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
ENDS.
2.
AS INDICATED IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 349, NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE IT CLEAR UNATTRIBUTABLY THAT LORD GLENARTHUR IS PLANNING TO PAY A FURTHER, LONGER VISIT TO HONG KONG LATER THIS YEAR. 3.
NEWS DEPARTMENT ALSO HAVE A DEFENSIVE LINE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE TIMING OF THIS TRIP IS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN SEOUL, NOT (NOT) TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER IN HONG KONG.
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