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INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HKG OFFICE LONDON, BRUSSELS, SINGAPORE INFO ROUTINE THE HAGUE
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE PERSONAL FOR YAXLEY
MY TRAVEL PLANS FOR 1991
1 MY TRAVEL PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE STILL PROVISIONAL BUT I THOUGH IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THEY ARE SHAPING UP.
2. I PLAN TO VISIT HANOVER TO GIVE A SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CEBIT FORUM ON 12 MARCH, AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON TO BONN, WHICH I LAST VISITED IN 1988, AND POSSIBLY FRANKFURT, A SIDE-TRIP TO LONDON WOULD ALSO MAKE SENSE, PROBABLY ON 14 AND 15 MARCH. ON THIS BASIS, I WOULD BE AWAY FROM ABOUT 9 TO 17 MARCH.
3, I PROPOSE ALSO TO VISIT PEKING EARLY IN THE YEAR. I LAST WENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR AND HAD BEEN THINKING IN TERMS OF A VISIT NEXT JANUARY. BUT THIS WILL DEPEND ON MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. AN ALTERNATIVE, ALTHOUGH IT IS RATHER LATER THAN I HAD INTENDED, WOULD BE TO GO DURING THE PERIOD 8-15 APRIL, WHEN THE TDC ARE PLANNING TO HOLD A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS AND SEMINARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PEKING INTERNATIONAL FAIR.
4. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CANBERRA AND WELLINGTON ABOUT A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AROUND THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY. A WEEK MAY PROVE JUST TOO SHORT AND THE PROGRAMME COULD EXTEND TO ABOUT TEN DAYS. I SHALL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ON THIS.
5. I AM CONSIDERING A VISIT TO LONDON IN LATE JUNE FOR A PROGRAMME OF CALLS ON MINISTERS AND THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE SUMMER EXODUS. IF THIS SEEMS SENSIBLE TO YOU, I AM CONSIDERING MAKING A SHORT VISIT TO THE HAGUE TO GIVE A SPEECH AND MEET DUTCH
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