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MDHOAN 5570
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 2529
OF 281635Z SEPT 88
HKB 027/1
29 SEP 1988
TOP COPY ODIST 7
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM MCLAREN, AUSS
IT IS
YOUR TELNO 3358: PROPOSED VISIT TO HONG KONG 1. I AM SORRY NOT TO HAVE REPLIED EARLIER TO YOUR TUR. PROVING DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY DATES FOR THIS VISIT WHICH ARE CONVENIENT FOR ALL CONCERNED. FOR THIS REASON, I REFRAINED FROM DISCUSSING THE TIMING OF MY INTER-PLENARY VISIT WITH KE, THOUGH I DID CONFIRM THAT I WAS EXPECTING TO GO TO HONG KONG BEFORE JLG
XI.
2. IDEALLY, THE VISIT SHOULD FALL ABOUT HALF-WAY BETWEEN
JLG X AND JLG XI. BUT DAVID GILLMORE WILL BE ABROAD IN THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER AND YOU WILL IN ANY CASE BE HERE FROM 24-26 OCTOBER. THERE IS ALSO YOUR VISIT TO CHINA FROM
2-7 NOVEMBER. I SHOULD CERTAINLY PREFER IT IF WE COULD OVERLAP
IN HONG KONG. 3.
ALL THIS POINTS TO MY COMING TO HONG KONG FOR TWO-THREE DAYS IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 7 NOVEMBER, NEARER TO JLG XI THAN I WOULD LIKE BUT JUST ABOUT MANAGEABLE. I MIGHT TRY TO FIT IN A VISIT TO TOKYO AND/OR SEOUL IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
4.
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THIS IS CONVENIENT FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW. IF IT IS, I WILL ASK DOUG MARTIN TO SOUND
OUT KE.
HOWE
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MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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