CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 08143OZ FCO
TELNO 93
OF 08130OZ JANUARY 90
Hic B 02613
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
15 JAN1990
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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
29
173563
MDHIAN 1586
PERSONAL FOR PAUL HKD, FROM GOVERNOR
20
YOUR TELNO : 47 SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT:
W
PROGRAMME
1 WE HAVE REVISED THE DRAFT PROGRAMME IN MY TELNO 16 IN LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT EXCHANGES. THE CURRENT OUTLINE PROGRAMME IS IN MY FIRST IFT. MRS. HURD'S OUTLINE PROGRAMME IS IN MY SECOND IFT. PARTICULAR
POINTS THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ARE :-
(A) SATURDAY, 13 JANUARY: HOW WOULD THE SECRETARY OF STATE LIKE TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON AT GH FOLLOWING HIS ARRIVAL FROM KAI TAK? THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF SPARE TIME WHICH WE COULD MAKE USE OF IF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE IS WILLING. IN ADDITION TO SOME TIME FOR RELAXATION AND A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE BRIEFS I SEE ADVANTAGE IN HIM HAVING A QUIET HALF-HOUR CHAT WITH DAME LYDIA. I THINK SHE WOULD APPRECIATE THE GESTURE AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD FIND IT USEFUL IN GETTING AN EARLY FLAVOUR OF OMELCO VIEWS. IN ADDITION WE MIGHT HAVE AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH THE LONDON TEAM ON THE MAIN POLICY AREAS: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, VIETNAMESE AND THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE. WE COULD ALSO DEAL WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS IF ANYBODY WISHED. ON THE HONG KONG SIDE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CS TAKE PART AND WOULD HAVE THE RELEVANT SECRETARIES STANDING BY ON THEIR SUBJECT AREAS. WOULD THE SECRETARY OF STATE LIKE THIS?
(B) ON SUNDAY, 14 JANUARY :
14 JANUARY: WE HAVE ANOTHER PERIOD OF SPARE TIME AFTER LUNCH AT FANLING. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT LIKE TO VISIT INFORMALLY ONE OF THE UNITS ON BORDER DUTY. THIS COULD BOTH BE OF SOME INTEREST TO HIM AND A BOOST TO GARRISON MORALE. ADDED TO THIS COULD BE A LOOK ACROSS THE BORDER TO THE EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT OF SHENZHEN. WE WILL BE PREPARED ALSO FOR WALKING OR COLD SWIMMING IF ANYBODY WISHES.
(C) ON TUESDAY, 16 JANUARY P.M. FOLLOWING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE WE HAVE RESERVED THIRTY MINUTES FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEDIA INTERVIEWS? THERE ARE BOUND TO BE MANY REQUESTS.
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