CONFIDENTIAL
HUB 007/1
Sentage State
for
Sunday
FROM: A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 29 May 1991
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984
POTPUS
Mr Burns PS/Lord Caithness
aith
minist
Private Secretary
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CC: Sir J Coles
MXS COPY SKONED
+ SEEN NO
being harm in thi.
C+SE
BY ED
VISIT BY GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG TO LONDON: PROPOSED MEETING
WITH OPPOSITION MPs
Problem
1. The Governor would like to meet some leading Labour MPs over lunch during his forthcoming visit to London
(21-27 June). He has asked for confirmation that Ministers
would have no objection.
A
Recommendation
I recommend the Governor should be allowed to proceed with his plan.
•
Background and Argument
The Governor has set out, in the attached telegram, the
thinking behind this proposal.
3.
4.
It would make good sense, particularly in view of the
first direct elections to LegCo due in September, for the Governor to get alongside a few key Labour MPS with a view to discussing with them some of the basic realities of the situation in Hong Kong.
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