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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
PAUL'S VISIT TO HONG KONG.
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AS YOU KNOW, ALAN PAUL WILL BE STAYING ON AFTER LORD GLENARTHUR'S DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG ON 11 JANUARY TO ENABLE HIM TO SEE KEY PEOPLE IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BEFORE TAKING OVER FROM ME AS HEAD OF HKD ON 18 JANUARY.
2.
HE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE CALLS ON 12 AND 13 JANUARY AND
ON THE MORNING OF 14 JANUARY. HE COULD STAY ON FOR FURTHER CALLS ON MONDAY 16 JANUARY AND TAKE THE EVENING FLIGHT FOR LONDON, RETURNING FOR A DAY'S HANDOVER ON 17 JANUARY.
3. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, I SUGGEST THAT HE SHOULD SEE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: CHIEF SECRETARY, FINANCIAL SECRETARY, DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY. HE WOULD ALSO SPEND SOME TIME WITH GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH AND THE PA'S OFFICE. HE SHOULD CALL ON THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION AND, UKREP JLG.
I DOUBT IF THERE WILL BE TIME ON THIS OCCASION FOR HIM TO MAKE MANY CALLS OUTSIDE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. BUT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL IF CALLS COULD BE ARRANGED ON LYDIA DUNN AND ALLEN LEE, IF YOU THOUGHT THIS APPROPRIATE.
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I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY VIEWS AND FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
IN ARRANGING A SUITABLE PROGRAMME FOR HIM.
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PERSONAL FOR HUM, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 3212: YOUR FAREWELL VISIT TO HONG KONG
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065267 MDHIAN 5653
I APPRECIATE THE CONSTRAINTS UNDER WHICH YOUR VISIT HAS TO BE PLANNED AND AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE NEVERTHELESS BEEN ABLE TO FIT IT IN. THE TIMINGS PROPOSED IN TUR ARE FINE, ALTHOUGH IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY NON-OFFICIALS, WILL BE AWAY FROM HONG KONG THEN. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL STAY WITH US AT GH.
2. I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A DINNER FOR YOU HERE ONE EVENING. I HAVE IT IN MIND TO INVITE SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITH WHOM YOU HAVE WORKED MOST CLOSELY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IT THERE ARE ANY IN PARTICULAR WHOM YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INVITED.
3. OMELCO WISH TO INVITE YOU FOR LUNCH ON 2 FEBRUARY. FOR THE REST OF YOUR PROGRAMME, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS E.G. CS, FS, PA, DCS, S(GD), AND S FOR S, TO RUN OVER ANY OUTSTANDING ISSUES AND TO GIVE THEM YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERICS IN LONDON. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHAT YOU YOURSELF WOULD LIKE TO DO. WE WILL THEN START TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAMME.
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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
MY FAREWELL VISIT
1.
WHEN I WAS IN HONG KONG LAST WEEK YOU SUGGESTED THAT I OUGHT TO PAY A FINAL BRIEF VISIT TO THE TERRITORY TO MAKE MY FAREWELLS BEFORE TAKING UP MY NEW POST IN NEW YORK. I WAS VERY TOUCHED BY THE SUGGESTION, AND WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO FALL IN WITH IT IF YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED LOCALLY. ROBIN MCLAREN HAS KINDLY AGREED TO MEET THE ADDITIONAL COSTS INVOLVED FROM HIS TRAVEL BUDGET.
2.
IN THE LIGHT OF FURTHER EXCHANGES WHICH WE HAVE HAD WITH SIR C TICKELL, I THINK I MUST ARRANGE TO BEGIN WORK IN NEW YORK BY MONDAY, 6 FEBRUARY, AT THE LATEST. IN THE VERY LIMITED TIME AVAILABLE TO ME, MY ONLY CHANCE OF VISITING HONG KONG IS EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK. THIS WOULD BE JUST POSSIBLE, IF IT FITTED IN WITH YOU, ON THE FOLLOWING TIMING:
31 JANUARY
1 FEBRUARY
2-3 FEBRUARY
4 FEBRUARY
I AM VERY
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TIMING FOR YOU
LEAVE LONDON
ARRIVE HONG KONG
IN HONG KONG
LEAVE HONG KONG FOR NEW YORK
CONSCIOUS THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE MOST CONVENIENT IN THE RUN UP TO CHINESE NEW YEAR. BUT IT WOULD
BE MOST HELPFUL IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHETHER YOU THINK SOMETHING COULD BE ARRANGED FOR THOSE DATES. I NEED TO KNOW RATHER SOON SO THAT I CAN CONFIRM MY MOVEMENTS TO SIR C TICKELL.
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