10 June 1991
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe GC MP
House of Commons
LONDON
SW1A OAA
NEID
Chair
private
I intend to hold a small in-house seminar on
Hong Kong on 3 July and would very much welcome it if you were able to join us. Participants will include
Malco Lora Caithness and Sir Percy Cradock, as well as myself
and about half-a-dozen senior Pee officials. We propose to invite a similar number of people from outside the Office, including MPs, academics, journalists and
businessmen with experience of and interest in Hong Kong.
to take a good look
and to examine what problems which we
You
The purpose of this seminar is
at where we now stand in Hong Kong, options we have in dealing with the will face over the next six years. The contribution e£
particularly given you someone like you, who has had experience of dealing with Hong Kong at a crucial point/in its history, would be a great asset.
The seminar will take place at 1 Carlton Gardens from 1000 to 1130 on 3 July.
Douglas Hurd