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MDLIAN 5357
HURB 027/1.
PERSONAL FOR HUM HKD, FROM GOVERNOR
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YOUR TELNO 85 TO PEKING: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG
TUR HAS LORD GLENARTHUR ARRIVING IN HONG KONG ON EITHER SATURDAY, JUNE, OR SUNDAY, 19 JUNE, AND LEAVING FOR PEKING ON TUESDAY, 21 JUNE.
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2. 18 JUNE IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL INVOLVE ME PERSONALLY IN AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC EVENT. BUT IT WOULD IN ANY CASE BE DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE ANY SORT OF RESPECTABLE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME FOR LORD GLENARTHUR OVER A WEEKEND. SINCE THE LATEST FLIGHTS TO PEKING LEAVE BY NOON EACH DAY THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE MINISTER WOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF ONE AND A HALF WORKING DAYS IN HONG KONG.
3. THE MINISTER WILL WISH TO HAVE A CHANCE TO RECOVER FROM JET LAG BEFORE EMBARKING ON AN ARDUOUS PROGRAMME HERE AND IN CHINA. ARRIVING OVER A WEEK-END THEREFORE MAKES SENSE. BUT, IF THIS IS TO BE THE PROMISED FOLLOW-UP TO THE VISIT LAST SEPTEMBER, I DO NOT THINK THAT ONE AND A HALF WORKING DAYS IS ENOUGH. I RECOMMEND A MINIMUM OF TWO, AND PREFERABLY THREE, WORKING DAYS HERE.
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