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FAC foli
1127
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
Roy Parkinson Esq
British Trade Commission
Hong Kong
Telephone 01-
Your reference
Our reference
HKB 011/3
Date
1 March 1989
Dear Mr
Parkinson
FAC INQUIRY INTO HONG KONG
1.
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Further to my telegram to you of today's date, I now
enclose:
(i) a copy of Guidance Notes on Parliamentary Select
Committees: Visits Overseas;
(ii)
as above:
(iii)
(iv)
Administrative and Programme Arrangements;
a copy of the Memorandum of Guidance for Officials Appearing Before Select Committees (copy already sent to the Governor);
Private Secretary's circular '0' 6/87.
2. It is important that those responsible for the organisation of the programme, and who will come into contact with the Committee, should be conversant with the contents of the above documents and be familiar with DSP Volume 5 Chapters 8 and 9.
3.
You will probably be aware of the considerable importance in terms of our relations with Parliamentarians which Ministers and the PUS attach to Select Committee visits abroad and especially to those of the FAC. In this connection it should be noted that Members tend to judge the Mission, and hence the Diplomatic Service as a whole, not only by their reception and programme arrangements but also by the response of the Mission to their requests for information (see paragraph 5 of
(i) above). It is important that an experienced member of staff should be nominated as Liaison Officer and be among those meeting the Committee on arrival and should normally accompany them throughout their visit. General attention and assistance to the Committee should be given at a senior level.
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