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MDLOAN 6764
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 1258
OF 05120OZ JULY 91
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AND TO ROUTINE BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD
FCO SPONSORED VISITS: 1991/92
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1 WE WERE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE IDEAS ON SPONSORED VISITORS PUT FORWARD BY MR HEAP, WITH AN INPUT FROM HKG AND UKREP JLG. BASED ON THESE IDEAS, MINISTERS HAVE APPROVED THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS FOR CATEGORY I AND II SPONSORED VISITORS FROM HONG
KONG IN THE COMING YEAR.
2.
CATEGORY I: WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP
OF FOUR UP AND COMING HONG KONG POLITICIANS FOR A PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD FOCUS ON THE WORKINGS OF PARLIAMENT, BRITISH POLITICAL PARTIES, AND THE BRITISH POLITICAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE NO FIXED VIEWS ABOUT WHICH INDIVIDUALS TO INVITE, ALTHOUGH WE ENVISAGE ONE UNITED DEMOCRAT, ONE EACH FROM THE HKDF AND LDF AND A LEFT WINGER, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A FAIR BALANCE.
3.
WE ARE INCLINED TO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AS WELL TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS BEFORE MAKING A FINAL CHOICE AND ISSUING INVITATIONS. THE VISIT COULD TAKE PLACE IN, SAY, EARLY DECEMBER OR POSSIBLY IN EARLY 1992, AROUND CHINESE NEW YEAR.
4. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER, ON CATEGORY II TERMS, INDIVIDUAL SPONSORED PROGRAMMES FOR UP TO THREE SENIOR LOCAL HKG OFFICIALS. THE PROGRAMMES, WHICH WOULD BE TAILORED TO THE PARTICULAR INTERESTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED, WOULD INCLUDE CALLS ON MINISTERS AND POLITICIANS. THEY MIGHT BE TACKED ON TO LEAVE OR DUTY TOURS IN THE UK, DEPENDING ON WHAT SEEMED MOST CONVENIENT TO THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, MR JOHN CHAN CHO-CHAK, MR YEUNG KAI-YIN AND MR DONALD TSANG YAN-YUEN.
5. IF YOU ARE CONTENT WITH THESE PROPOSALS, WE WILL ARRANGE FOR
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