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FROM: P F Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 3 October 1991
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c: Sir J Coles
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Mr Burns
Private Secretary
SIR DAVID FORD'S CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE: 4 OCTOBER
1. I submit a checklist of points which the Secretary of State might wish to cover with Sir David Ford, together with some background focussing on the airport issue and HMOCS issues, which may be prominent in Sir D Ford's mind.
2. I suggest that this meeting might be an opportunity to discuss in particular the looming constitutional issues such as the management of the new LegCo and of Martin Lee. Sir D Ford was also a former Director of Information Services in Hong Kong, and might therefore have ideas on how to work towards more balanced reporting of Hong Kong in the British
press.
3.
I am available to attend as a notetaker if required.
RZdooth
PF Ricketts
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Sir David Fond is a wire tied and abanshome. The
HAG depends heavily an him. Import the Excubany of state draw him aut for his own macrament of Im situations in Hay Kow, he would be interesting.
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