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PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
YRTELNO 1277: CPU CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG 15-17 OCTOBER
1. THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHT IN TUR. BUT I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY PARTICULAR SENSITIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONFERENCE. NO NEED THEREFORE FOR ANY INTERVENTION BY YOU.
2. AS YOU KNOW WE ARE ENCOURAGING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES HERE AS PART OF EDUCATING THE WORLD ABOUT OUR SITUATION AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT THE CPU HAVE ELECTED TO MEET IN HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH DOUBTLESS SOME THINGS MAY WELL BE SAID WHICH IRRITATE OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION E.G. CHINA AND SINGAPORE AND PROBABLY OURSELVES AS WELL.
3. IT NOW LOOKS MORE LIKELY THAT SIR DAVID FORD WILL OPEN THE
CONFERENCE. I WILL PROBABLY BE EMBARKING ON MY EUROPEAN TRIP ABOUT THAT TIME. WE DO NOT/NOT YET HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT LEE KUAN-YEW WILL BE COMING, THOUGH THE ORGANISERS BELIEVE THAT HE WILL.
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