COHADR
Mr McLaren
PS/Lord Glenarthur
PS
CONFIDENTIAL
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Hong Kong Department
DATE:
13 January 1988
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DEBATE ON HONG KONG: PREPARATORY ACTION
PS/Mr Eggar
Mr Gillmore
Mr Meyer, News Department
PRU
Mr Houston
1.
Ministers will wish to consider, perhaps collectively at their meeting on 14 January, what further action needs to be taken to prepare for next week's debate on Hong Kong.
2.
(a)
In several areas action is already in hand:
Material for the House of Commons Library
At Mrs Bottomley's suggestion we are putting together a collection of up-to-date and upbeat material on Hong Kong (the Governor's speech introducing the new session of LegCo, his speeches on his visit to the United States, useful facts on the economy etc) to be placed in the House of Commons library;
(b) Miss Lydia Dunn
The Hong
Miss Dunn will be in London between 18 and 21 January. Kong Government Office are making arrangements for her to speak to the Anglo-Hong Kong Parliamentary Group, and to call on Mr Kaufman and Lord Cledwyn. (Lord Glenarthur's Office are aware of this lat arrangement: it seems prudent to prepare for the possibility that the House of Lords could also take an interest in Hong Kong over weeks ahead.) She will also talk to the media;
(c) FCO Press Briefing
News Department are making arrangements for a background press briefing of diplomatic correspondents, to be given on 18 Januar Mr McLaren and myself. They have also taken any opportuniti
arise to draw attention to the text of Lord Glenarthur s
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