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08104OZ NOVEMBER 91
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HONG KONG FOR PS/GH AND POLITICAL ADVISER
FROM RICKETTS, HKD
FAMILIARISATION VISIT
75
1. You were kind enough to suggest when I took up the job that
I would
I should pay an early familiarisation visit to Peking.
very much like to do so and wonder whether it would be
convenient for me to come up for a couple of days after JLG XXI
in Hong Kong. I shall be in Hong Kong for the week 2 December
to attend the JLG. I propose to stay on for Friday 6 December to continue my round of introductory, calls in Hong Kong. The
ALSO Governor has suggested that it would be worthwhile to have a
Look at the development going on in Shenzhen. If William Ehrman
were able to get away on Saturday 7 December, I wonder whether he would be interested in mounting a joint trip with me on that day? If it suited you, I would then propose to come on up to Peking on Sunday 8 December, and spend 9 and 10 December with
you, returning to London on 11 December.
HKD
PF Ricketts
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