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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, BRUSSELS (FOR WEBB-JOHNSON)
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HONG KONG TELNO 2907 : POSSIBLE VISIT BY GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG TO
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WE TOOK A RECENT OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE WITH HAAFKENS (MFA FAR EAST BUREAU) THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG MIGHT VISIT THE NETHERLANDS (PARA 5 OF TUR). THE DISCUSSION WAS BRIEF AND VERY GENERAL, AND WE DID NOT, IN PARTICULAR, REFER TO THE IDEA OF A SPEECH. HOWEVER YOU MIGHT LIKE TO BE AWARE THAT HAAFKENS' INITIAL REACTION WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. HE SAID THAT SUCH A VISIT WOULD
HELP RAISE THE PROFILE OF HONG KONG IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE HONG KONG/NETHERLANDS RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT WIDELY ENOUGH APPRECIATED IN THE NETHERLANDS. HE SAID THAT ANY VISIT WOULD CERTAINLY INCLUDE CALLS ON MINISTERS, AND POSSIBLY ALSO QUEEN BEATRIX.
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