CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2120
OF 141020Z AUGUST 92
CONFIDENTIAL
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YOUR TELNO 1214: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY MR GOODLAD.
سلام
1. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS IN TUR. WE HAVE TAKEN ACCOUNT OF
THEM IN THE REVISED DRAFT PROGRAMME IN MIFT.
2. SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON THE POINTS YOU RAISED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) WE HAVE DROPPED THE VISIT TO THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AND
SLOTTED IN A MEETING WITH ALISTAIR ASPREY INSTEAD.
(B) WE HAVE ARRANGED A MEETING WITH MR DAY IN PLACE OF THE VISIT
TO SCIENCE MUSEUM.
(C) WE HAVE INCLUDED THE VISIT TO THE COMMUNITY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LABORATORY.
(D) WE WERE UNABLE TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH BARONESS DUNN ON 7
SEPTEMBER BUT HAVE SET ONE UP FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. LADY DUNN WANTED TO OFFER MR GOODLAD SOME FORM OF HOSPITALITY DURING HIS VISIT, NAMELY DINNER ON MONDAY NIGHT, DINNER ON TUESDAY NIGHT OR LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST TWO SUGGESTIONS WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE, BUT SHOULD MR GOODLAD PREFER TO HAVE LUNCH WITH BARONESS DUNN INSTEAD OF A MEETING, THIS COULD BE ARRANGED. IT WOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE TO BE AN EARLY LUNCH IN ORDER TO GET HIM BACK TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE BY
1.20 PM FOR DEPARTURE TO THE AIRPORT.
(E) WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN APPROACHED BY CONSERVATIVES ABROAD.
HOWEVER, IT IS LIKELY THAT ONCE THE VISIT BECOMES PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, THEY WILL DO SO.
(F) MR DAY'S LUNCH ON TUESDAY WILL COMPRISE A MIXED BRITISH AND
LOCAL BUSINESSMEN, AS PROPOSED IN OUR TELNO 2076.
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE MR GOODLAD'S COMMENTS ON THE
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