CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1771
OF 01050OZ JULY 92
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD AND PS/MR. PATTEN FROM PS/GH.
YOUR TELNOS 1018 AND 1028: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: JULY 1992.
1. NOW THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, WE WOULD LIKE TO START ARRANGING THE PROGRAMME. GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE ON WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
2. AS SEEN FROM HERE, THE PROGRAMME MIGHT INCLUDE:
(A) A MEETING WITH EXCO, EITHER ON THE MORNING OF 28 JULY OR THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING OF 27 JULY.
(B) A LUNCH, EITHER WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS OR LEADING BUSINESSMEN.
(C) A DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, TO WHICH A CROSS-SECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COULD BE INVITED.
(D) A VISIT TO A DISTRICT, WHICH COULD INCLUDE A MODERN FACTORY OR AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
(E) A MEETING WITH THE NEW SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER.
3. (FOR PS/MR.PATTEN) THE ONLY AVAILABLE EVENING FOR A DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE WOULD BE MONDAY, 27 JULY. AS YOU KNOW, MR AND MRS PATTEN HAVE ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO DINNER FROM LADY DUNN FOR THAT EVENING. THE GOVERNOR BRIEFED EXCO YESTERDAY (30 JUNE) ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S FORTHCOMING VISIT. I HAVE SEPARATELY PASSED A MESSAGE TO LADY DUNN THAT MR. PATTEN IS LIKELY TO WANT TO GIVE A DINNER FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 27 JULY, AND SHE HAS SUGGESTED SWITCHING HER DINNER TO 28 JULY. ON THAT BASIS, I WOULD SUGGEST HOLDING THE RECEPTION FOR SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS (FOR WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET ISSUED INVITATIONS) ON 30 JULY.
4. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHOM MR. PATTEN WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE
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