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HKD 026/9
CONFIDENTIAL
FM THE HAGUE
TO DESKBY 15083OZ FCO
TELNO 103
OF 141736Z MARCH 91
INFO DESKBY 15003OZ HONG KONG
فل
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
25
165026
MDHIAN 8090
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. CI 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.
2 APRIL
1400 1500
ARRIVES FROM LONDON
HELICOPTER TRIP
1630
MEETING WITH ME AND A SMALL GROUP OF SENIOR OFFICIALS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE
2015
GOVERNMENT HOUSE DINNER (SENIOR OFFICIALS AND EXCO, NO SPOUSES)
3 APRIL
0930
EXCO
1100
1200
1430
፡
1640
BRIEFING ON PADS
MEETING, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH, WITH OMELCO
MEETING WITH ME AND CBF AT GH (BRIEFING ON PATROL CRAFT)
DEPARTS HONG KONG
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