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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 19
OF 03103OZ JANUARY 91
INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR PS/LORD CAITHNESS FROM GOVERNOR.
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YOUR TELNO 2173: LORD CAITHNESS'S TRANSIT THROUGH HONG KONG JANUARY.
7/8
1. WITH THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE CHANGE OF GOVERNORS DURING 1992, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF LORD CAITHNESS COULD FINED TIME FOR A SHORT MEETING WITH LYDIA DUNN DURING HIS BRIEF STOP-OVER HERE. SHE COULD BRING HIM UP TO DATE ON HER OWN VIEWS AND LOCAL REACTIONS.
2. LORD CAITHNESS IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG AT 1800 ON 7 JANUARY. HE WILL THEREFORE REACH GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT ABOUT 1830. WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, ARRANGED FOR HIM TO HAVE A DRINK WITH PETER HEAP AT 1900. ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO HAVE A BRIEF MEETING
WITH LADY DUNN AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT ABOUT 1945-2015, BEFORE WE GO OUT TO DINNER. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF LORD CAITHNESS WOULD LIKE
TO DO THIS.
3. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, IT MIGHT BE SENSIBLE TO HAVE A DEFENSIVE LINE READY IN CASE LORD CAITHNESS'S TRANSIT THROUGH
HONG KONG GETS PICKED UP BY THE MEDIA. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD BE CONTENT FOR US TO ISSUE SOMETHING ON THE FOLLOWING LINES
IN RESPONSE TO ANY QUESTIONS:-
''LORD CAITHNESS, THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, SPENT THE NIGHT OF 7/8 JANUARY IN HONG KONG ON HIS WAY TO AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO VIETNAM. HE DID NOT HAVE ANY
OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS IN HONG KONG.
LORD CAITHNESS INTENDS TO MAKE HIS NEXT OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG IN FEBRUARY. DETAILS OF THIS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEARER THE TIME.
WILSON
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