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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1845
OF 07120OZ JUNE 91
98
YR TELNO 1074: MY VISIT TO LONDON
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1. THE PRESS RELEASE IN PARA. 4 OF MY TELNO 1818 WAS ISSUED TODAY.
2. I SHOULD LIKE TO RAISE THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN MY MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE:
(A) AIRPORT TALKS
(B) THE WIDER ISSUE OF MANAGING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRC UP TO 1997 INCLUDING CONSULTATION ETC.
(C) VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS
(D) PATROL CRAFT
(E) MFN (BRIEFLY, IF TIME).
3. IN MY MEETINGS WITH LORD CAITHNESS, WE COULD DEAL WITH THESE SUBJECTS IN MORE DETAIL. IN PARTICULAR, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE A THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF THE VIETNAMESE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS OUR GENERAL STRATEGY FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 1997 AS I PROPOSED IN MY TELNO 1664. I SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO RAISE:
(A) HMOCS MATTERS
(B) LORD CAITHNESS'S VISIT TO HONG KONG IN JULY
(C) LORD CAITHNESS'S PROPOSED VISIT TO CHINA CAND HONG KONG?)
IN SEPTEMBER.
4. WITH FCO OFFICIALS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COVER:
( THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE 1991 ELECTIONS, AND MY THINKING IN GENERAL TERMS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS TO EXCO AND LEGCO
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