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ADVANCE COPY
UNCLASSIFIED
FM RIO DE JANEIRO
TO DESKBY 22220OZ HONG KONG
TELNO MISC 11
OF 221955Z MAR 93
AND TO DESKBY 2222007 BTC HONG KONG AND TO IMMEDIATE FCO
INFO PRIORITY BRASILIA, TOKYO
FROM HEAP (VISITING RIO DE JANEIRO)
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MDADAN 9379
Mae de Dios!
Mr Manis
23/3
Mr Werdrew Typical Heap! They'll have
loved getting kis of 6 am
VISIT TO HONG KONG BY RIO DE
FCO TELNO VISIT 1 TO BRASILIA:
JANEIRO SECRETARY FOR URBAN AFFAIRS
SUMMARY
дома
1.
THE MAYOR OF RIO DE JANEIRO HOPES THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CAN ACCEPT A SPONSORED VISIT BY HIS SECRETARY OF URBAN AFFAIRS FROM 6-9 APRIL, SINCE THAT WOULD ENABLE HIM TO VISIT ON HIS RETURN FROM JAPAN. DESPITE THE INCONVENIENTLY SHORT NOTICE I HOPE THIS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
DETAIL
2. AT A MEETING WHICH THE CONSUL GENERAL AND I HAD TODAY, 22 MARCH, WITH THE MAYOR OF RIO DE JANEIRO, CESAR MAIA, I EXPLAINED HONG KONG'S GENEROUS AGREEMENT (HONG KONG TELNO 324 TO THE FCO) TO MY EARLIER PROPOSAL FOR A CATEGORY I VISITOR FROM RIO DE JANEIRO WHO COULD STUDY HONG KONG'S DRAMATIC SUCCESS IN DEALING WITH HOUSING PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPERIENCED BY RIO.
3. THE MAYOR HAD BEEN FORWARNED BY THE CONSUL GENERAL AND IMMEDIATELY NOMINATED DR LUIS PAULO CONDE, SECRETARY FOR URBAN AFFAIRS, ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, OF WHOM HE SPOKE HIGHLY. WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A MEETING WITH DR CONDE.
4.
THE MAYOR AND DR CONDE PROPOSED THAT DR CONDE SHOULD VISIT HONG KONG FROM 6-9 APRIL (ARRIVING HONG KONG THE EVENING OF 5 APRIL).
THIS IS BECAUSE HE WILL BE ATTENDING A SEMINAR IN JAPAN IMMEDIATELY
BEFORE THEN WHICH WILL REQUIRE HIM TO LEAVE BRAZIL ON SATURDAY 27 MARCH.
5.
ONE ADVANTAGE OF ACCEPTING THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT WE WOULD SAVE
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