CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TELNO 126
OF 2419OOZ NOV 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 8392
PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY FROM MCLAREN, AUSS (FOR HONG KONG, PERSONAL FOR WIGGHAM)
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YOUR TELNO 249 : JLG XIV
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AS YOU KNOW, I SHALL NOT BE IN LONDON IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 4 DECEMBER. DAVID GILLMORE WILL ALSO BE ABROAD, ON A TRIP TO WASHINGTON WHICH CANNOT BE POSTPONED. SUBJECT TO THE PUS'S DECISION, WHICH WILL BE TAKEN WHEN HE RETURNS TO THE OFFICE FROM A TRIP ABROAD ON 27 NOVEMBER, THIS MEANS THAT ALAN PAUL WILL NOT/NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN JLG XIV AS A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH TEAM. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE, AND ALAN HIMSELF IS VERY CONSCIOUS THAT IT COULD BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN HONG KONG IF THERE IS NO REPRESENTATIVE FROM LONDON WHEN YOU APPEAR AS SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT I SEE NO WAY OF SPARING
THERE IS, AS YOU KNOW, A GREAT DEAL GOING ON CON NATIONALITY AND VBPS, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS), AND I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO MINISTERS IF BOTH UNDER-SECRETARIES
AND THE HEAD OF HKD WERE ALL WAY FROM THE OFFICE TOGETHER AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
HIM.
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THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS (YOUR TUR), BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO UNTIL 27 NOVEMBER.
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