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BRUSSELS PLEASE PASS COPY TO WEBB-JOHNSON
MY VISIT TO WESTERN EUROPE: 14-19 OCTOBER
1. WE WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE, BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH A PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING MY FORTHCOMING VISIT TO EUROPE.
2. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU OR OTHER ADDRESSEES MAY HAVE ON THE FOLLOWING DRAFT:
BEGINS
GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ON EUROPEAN TOUR
1. THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL PAY A VISIT TO ROME, PARIS AND BRUSSELS FROM 14 TO 19 OCTOBER. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR RICHARD HOARE.
2. IN EACH OF THE THREE CITIES, THE GOVERNOR WILL CALL ON MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS AT THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE. IN BRUSSELS, HE WILL ALSO CALL ON COMMISSIONERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION.
3. DURING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID WILL GIVE SPEECHES AT FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE FEDERATION OF ITALIAN INDUSTRIES IN ROME, THE FRANCE-HONG KONG BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN PARIS, AND THE FEDERATION OF BELGIAN ENTERPRISES AND THE BELGIUM-HONG KONG
SOCIETY IN BRUSSELS.
4. THE GOVERNOR VISITED FRANCE AND BELGIUM IN OCTOBER 1988. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO ITALY BY A GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. THE VISITS ARE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE IMPORTANCE THAT HONG KONG ATTACHES TO ITS RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY.
5. SIR DAVID WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON 20 OCTOBER 1990.
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