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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG PEKING
MIPT: HONG KONG: TALKS WITH THE CHINESE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY VISIT TO LONDON
1. SUGGESTED TEXT OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCEMENT AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON 29/6/93. FOR ONE OF HIS REGULAR VISITS TO LONDON FOR CONSULTATIONS. MR PATTEN WILL BE IN LONDON FROM 3/143 TO 7/793 HE WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AS WELL AS OTHER MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS. MR PATTEN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR MICHAEL SZE, THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. HM AMBASSADOR AT PEKING, SIR ROBIN MCLAREN, WILL ALSO RETURN TO LONDON FOR THESE MEETINGS. UNQUOTE.
2. THIS IS OF COURSE PREDICTED ON AN ANNOUNCEMENT SHORTLY BEFOREHAND OF DATES IN JUNE FOR THE SIXTH ROUND OF TALKS.
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