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JAN 1991
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3742
OF 17100OZ DECEMBER 90
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INFO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
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YOUR TELNOS 2367 AND 2379 VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS
1. I DISCUSSED THE DRAFT PROGRAMME IN MY 3704 WITH LORD CAITHNESS AT KAI TAK AIRPORT LAST NIGHT (16 DECEMBER). MIFT CONTAINS A REVISED DRAFT ALONG THE LINES AGREED WITH THE MINISTER. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO LORD CAITHNESS, SO THAT WE CAN START MAKING THE NECESSARY
ARRANGEMENTS.
2. ON THE POINTS IN SECOND TUR :
(A) LORD CAITHNESS'S STRONG PREFERENCE WAS NOT/NOT TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT TO MAKE A SPEECH AT A PUBLIC FUNCTION, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME QUESTIONS, AND GIVE SEPARATE BRIEFINGS TO LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND CORRESPONDENTS OF UK MEDIA. PROVISION FOR THESE HAS BEEN MADE ON 1 FEBRUARY, TO MEET YOUR POINT THAT THE BRIEFINGS SHOULD TAKE PLACE LATER ON IN THE PROGRAMME AND THAT THE SPEECH SHOULD NOT BE TO A BUSINESS AUDIENCE :
(B) IN ADDITION, LORD CAITHNESS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TALK TO THE PRESS ON 30 JANUARY, FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO TUEN MUN, AND ON 31 JANUARY, FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO TAI A CHAU.
3. LORD CAITHNESS WAS KEEN TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL THE PULSE OF HONG KONG BY WALKING AROUND CROWDED AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN THE EVENING. SO AS TO PRESERVE INFORMALITY WHEN THE PROGRAMME IS DISTRIBUTED HERE, THESE WALKABOUTS HAVE NOT/NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN IT. BUT THE TWO OBVIOUS SLOTS ARE :
(A) A VISIT TO CAUSEWAY BAY AFTER THE OMELCO DINNER ON 31 JANUARY, WHICH I COULD ACCOMPANY THE MINISTER: AND
(B) BEFORE OR AFTER DINNER ON 1 FEBRUARY, WHEN UNFORTUNATELY I WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE I HAVE A LONG STANDING COMMITMENT
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