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TELNO 96
OF 231322Z JAN 92
INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 154 AND 155: LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT TO HONG KONG
1. THE MINISTER WAS GRATEFUL FOR THIS OUTLINE PROGRAMME AND IS BROADLY HAPPY WITH IT. HE HAS THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
AS A GENERAL POINT, HE DOES NOT WANT THE PROGRAMME TO BE TOO TIGHT. IN PARTICULAR, HE WOULD LIKE PLENTY OF TIME (HALF AN HOUR AT LEAST) BEFORE EACH OF THE MAIN MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL CRITICS (IE OMELCO, THE UD AND THE INDEPENDENTS) IN ORDER TO PREPARE THOROUGHLY.
IN SPECIFIC TERMS, HE WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO BE BACK FROM THE DISTRICT VISIT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 17 FEBRUARY IN GOOD TIME BEFORE THE MEETING WITH OMELCO AT 1900. HE WILL NEED MORE TIME THAN IS AT PRESENT IN THE PROGRAMME TO PREPARE FOR THE MEETING WITH THE UD ON 18 FEBRUARY. ONE POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO MOVE THE UD MEETING TO 1130 AND TO SWITCH THE MEETING WITH THE INDEPENDENTS TO EG 1730 THAT AFTERNOON. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH TIME BEFORE THE MEETING WITH THE CRC ON 19 FEBRUARY, BUT THIS IS LIKELY TO BE A LESS DIFFICULT MEETING.
ON VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, THE MINISTER HAS ALREADY VISITED SEK KONG. HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE ON WHICH OTHER CAMP HE SHOULD VISIT.
THE MINISTER WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. ONE SLOT FOR THIS WOULD BE THE AFTERNOON OF 19 FEBRUARY.
THE MINISTER HAS ALREADY VISITED PO LIN (PRIVATELY WITH THE GOVERNOR). HE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE AN EARLY AFTERNOON BRIEFING WITH RICHARD ALLEN ON THE AIRPORT IN THE LATTER'S OFFICE, AND TO START THE HELICOPTER TOUR SLIGHTLY LATER.
THE MINISTER WOULD LIKE TO MEET GORDON WU. COULD SBTC INCLUDE HIM IN THE LUNCH ON 21
FEBRUARY?
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