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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 905
OF 04045OZ JUNE 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PRAGUE
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, SEOUL, SINGAPORE
AMENDED DISTRIBUTION
HKD 026/10
09 JUN 1993
JISTRY
FOR HKD FROM QSP/GH
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FCO TELNO 537 PROPOSED VISIT BY CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER TO CHINA, KOREA, HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE, 17-30 JUNE
1. AS YOU RIGHTLY POINTED OUT TO THE CZECH EMBASSY, OUR STATUS PREVENTS US FROM RECEIVING ''OFFICIAL VISITS IN THE STANDARD BILATERAL SENSE. OUR RULE IN PRACTICE IS NEVER TO DESCRIBE VISITS AS ''OFFICIAL'', AND NEVER TO PAY LOCAL COSTS. ANY EROSION OF THIS WOULD SET AN UNWELCOME PRECEDENT. WE THEREFORE CANNOT MEET THE COST OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND HIS PARTY, OR INDEED ANY OTHER COSTS SUCH AS TRANSPORT AND MEALS.
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BUT WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO ARRANGE A PROGRAMME FOR THE FOREIGN MINISTER. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH TIME HE WILL HAVE HERE, THIS COULD INCLUDE:
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CALLS ON THE GOVERNOR AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER (ALREADY PENCILLED IN FOR THE AFTERNOON OF MONDAY 28 JUNE):
A CALL ON SECRETARY FOR SECURITY (TO DISCUSS HONG KONG'S VISA POLICY):
- A CALL ON SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (TO DISCUSS
CZECH/HONG KONG TRADE RELATIONS):
A CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL (TO DISCUSS THE
APPOINTMENT OF A CZECH CONSUL-GENERAL):
AND, POSSIBLY, A VISIT TO A NEW TOWN AND A HELICOPTER TOUR OF
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