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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 05110OZ FCO
TELNO 1084
OF 0510OOZ JULY 93
INFO DESKBY 05110OZ PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDHIAN 7574
YOUR TELNO 410 TO PEKING: YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG.
1.
WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR NECESSARILY LIMITED TIME IN HONG KONG ON 9 JULY. IN ADDITION TO BRIEFING EXCO ON YOUR VISIT TO PEKING, IT WILL IN MY VIEW ALSO BE ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY (ALBEIT BRIEF) FOR LEGCO MEMBERS TO MEET YOU, AND AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PRESS. THIS WILL BE HARD TO MANAGE IN THE TIME AVAILABLE. WE BELIEVE THE ONLY PRACTICABLE SEQUENCE WOULD BE:
1755
ETA HONG KONG (CA107)
SHORT PRESS BRIEFING AT AIRPORT.
1845 (APPROX) ARRIVE GOVERNMENT HOUSE (BY CAR WITH ME)
OPPORTUNITY TO WASH AND CHANGE.
1900-1945
1945-2030
BRIEF EXCO CAT GH).
MEET LEGCO MEMBERS AT A RECEPTION TO WHICH I WOULD INVITE THEM (1930 FOR 1945), ALSO AT GH.
PRIVATE SUPPER.
2.
2030
2310
DEPART ON CX251.
THE PROPOSED TIMING OF THE PRESS ENCOUNTER IS A COMPROMISE. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HOLD THIS AFTER THE EXCO AND LEGCO EVENTS. BUT EVEN IF YOU SPOKE TO THE PRESS AT GH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LEGCO RECEPTION, YOU WOULD MISS THE MAIN EVENING NEWS BULLETINS. THIS WOULD ALSO BE LOGISTICALLY DIFFICULT, WITH GUESTS COMING AND GOING THROUGH THE ONLY PARTS OF GH SUITABLE FOR A BRIEFING. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AN AIRPORT BRIEFING ON ARRIVAL SEEMS THE BEST OPTION.
3.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGCO RECEPTION WOULD SIMPLY BE TO GIVE
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