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FM CANBERRA
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 10
OF 22013OZ OCTOBER 90
INFO ROUTINE WELLINGTON, FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 11: VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
1. YOUR PROPOSED ITINERARY IS FINE. WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL MUCH NEARER THE TIME IF PARLIAMENT IS SITTING BUT THAT WOULD ONLY
AFFECT THE CANBERRA LEG OF THE PROGRAMME.
2. ALTHOUGH WE WOULD ENVISAGE A PREDOMINENTLY BUSINESS AUDIENCE FOR SPEECHES IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PRESS AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL AS WELL AS
ECONOMIC THEMES.
3. THE DFAT HAVE TOLD US IN CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER YOU GUEST OF GOVERNMENT STATUS WHICH MAKES PROGRAMME PLANNING AND ARRANGEMENTS THAT MUCH EASIER. HOWEVER EVEN IF GUEST OF GOVERNMENT STATUS IS NOT FORTHCOMING WE WILL BE HAPPY TO LIAISE WITH THE AUSTRALIANS OVER YOUR PROGRAMME. IT WOULD BE USEFUL IN WRITING TO THE AUSTRALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL TO MENTION
THIS TO AVOID CONFUSION AND OVERLAP.
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