CONFIDENTIAL
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MDHIAN 8090
CONFIDENTIAL
FM THE HAGUE
TO DESKBY 150830Z FCO
TELNO 103
OF 141736Z MARCH 91
INFO DESKBY 15003OZ HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
FROM GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG (VISITING)
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 210 TO PEKING: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
AND CHINA
1. THE REVISED SCHEDULE IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TUR SEEMS TO ALLOW
ADEQUATE TIME FOR THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG. I AGREE THAT THE HONG KONG LEGS COULD NOT BE CUT ANY SHORTER. THEY ARE NOW DOWN TO THE MINIMUM. (I HAVE NOT SEEN THE PEKING TELEGRAM TO WHICH YOU REFER, SO AM UNSIGHTED ON THIS POINT AND ON THE CANTON ELEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME, WHICH CLEARLY HAS A POTENTIAL EFFECT ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
ARRIVAL TIME IN HONG KONG).
2. SUBJECT TO ANY COMMENTS FROM HONG KONG, THE PROGRAMME COULD BE ADJUSTED ON THE LINES BELOW. THIS ASSUMES THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG FROM CHINA SOMETIME LATE ON THE EVENING OF 8 APRIL. I WILL NEED TO FIT IN A MEETING WITH HIM BEFORE HE ATTENDS THE EXCO MEETING AT 0930 ON 9 APRIL.
HELICOPTER TRIP
2 APRIL
1400
1500
ARRIVES FROM LONDON
1630
2015
MEETING WITH ME AND A SMALL GROUP OF SENIOR
OFFICIALS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE DINNER (SENIOR OFFICIALS AND EXCO, NO SPOUSES)
3 APRIL
0930
EXCO
1100
BRIEFING ON PADS
1200
1430
1640
MEETING, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH, WITH OMELCO
MEETING WITH ME AND CBF AT GH (BRIEFING ON PATROL CRAFT)
DEPARTS HONG KONG
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