CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO
OF 151230Z FEBRUARY 91
AND TO ROUTINE PEKING
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM BURNS, AUS
ROUNTINE
YOUR TELNO 410 AND PEKING TELNO 131: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SECRETARY
OF STATE TO CHINA
1.
The Secretary of State has decided that he should visit
Hong Kong in early April. The likely dates would probably be:
1 April Depart London
2115
Flight BA 27
2 April
Arrive Hong Kong
1730
5 April Depart Hong Kong
6 April Arrive London
2255
Flight CX 251
0540
He has not yet taken a decision on whether to visit China but if
he did, he would probably leave Hong Kong for Peking on 5 April
return to the UK
and Lon
on 9 or 10 April. There are three possible scenarios:
(a)
A visit to Hong Kong followed by one to China arriving in
BODAEE/VAS
HKD
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