I IMAGINE THAT MR PATTEN'S FIRST VISIT TO PEKING AS GOVERNOR. BEFORE VISITING PEKING HE WILL WANT TO SETTLE IN IN HONG KONG, AND PERHAPS GET HIS LEGCO ADDRESS (? IN EARLY OCTOBER) OUT OF THE WAY.
Y OWN VIEW IS THAT THAT WOULD BE ABOUT RIGHT. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS MR PATTEN HAS BEEN SAYING IN PRESS INTERVIEWS SUGGEST THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO GET UP HERE EARLIER THAN THAT. IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW WHICH WAY HIS MIND IS MOVING. AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, I WILL
BUT MY LEAVE PLANS ARE NOW PRETTY WANT TO BE HERE FOR HIS VISIT. FIRM, AND THERE IS ONE ABSOLUTELY UNBREAKABLE DATE: OUR ELDER DAUGHTER'S WEDDING ON 5 SEPTEMBER.
ROBIN MCLAREN
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