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DISK (
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FM SINGAPORE
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 003
OF 060117Z JULY 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, FCO, TOKYO
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033240 MDHIAN 7673
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY
SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
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THANK YOU FOR HONG KONG TELNO 1084. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN FCO TELNO 637 TO HONG KONG.
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WE ARE NOT SURE THE PRESS ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG ARE QUITE RIGHT. RATHER THAN A NECESSARILY HURRIED EXCHANGE WITH THE GOVERNOR IN THE VIP LOUNGE AT HONG KONG AIRPORT, WE WOULD PREFER THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO BE DOORSTEPPED AS USUAL IMMEDIATELY HE LEAVES THE PLANE TO GIVE A VERY BRIEF FEW WORDS ON
THE TALKS IN PEKING, CENTERING ON THE FACT THAT HE IS GOING TO BRIEF EXCO IN DETAIL STRAIGHT AWAY.
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AFTER THE EXCO BRIEFING (AND, SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S ADVICE, BEFORE THE RECEPTION FOR LEGCO MEMBERS), WE SEE ADVANTAGE IN A FULLER BRIEFING OF THE PRESS, PERHAPS IN THE GARDEN OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WHERE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE GOVERNOR TOGETHER CAN BRIEF THE PRESS ON THE TALKS IN
PEKING AND EXCO'S REACTION. THAT SHOULD TAKE TEN MINUTES OR So.
4. THESE ARRANGEMENTS WILL NOT FIT PERFECTLY WITH HONG KONG NEWS BULLETIN TIMES (BUT NEITHER, SEEN FROM HERE, WOULD THE PROPOSALS IN YOUR TELEGRAM) AND THERE WILL BE SOME LOGISTIC DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. BUT IF THESE ARE MANAGEABLE, WE WOULD PREFER TO HANDLE THE PRESS IN TWO BITES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
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