RESTRICTED
FM PEKING
TO TELELETTER HONG KONG
TELELETTER NFR
OF 190414Z FEBRUARY 93
AND TO TELELETTER FCO, MANILA
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FROM
TELELETTER
SIR ROBIN MCLAREN, PEKING
NFR OF 19 FEBRUARY 1993
FOLLOWING FOR WILLIAM EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG COPIED TO
ALAN MONTGOMERY, CMG, MANILA
PETER RICKETTS, HKD, FCO
VISIT BY PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO HONG KONG
1.
I SAW THE VISITING PHILIPPINES FOREIGN SECRETARY, BOBBY ROMULO FOR A DRINK ON THE EVENING OF 18 FEBRUARY. HE IS AN OLD FRIEND
FROM MY MANILA DAYS.
HE
2. ROMULO MENTIONED THAT HIS PRESIDENT WOULD BE PAYING A STATE
VISIT TO CHINA IN APRIL AND PLANNED TO PASS THROUGH HONG KONG. WOULD HOPE TO MEET THE GOVERNOR. DID I THINK THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE? I SAID THAT MANY HEADS OF STATE VISITED HONG KONG PRIVATELY. THEY WERE ACCORDED APPROPRIATE COURTESIES ON ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE AND GIVEN POLICE PROTECTION BUT DID NOT NORMALLY HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE GOVERNOR OR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING TO DISCUSS. AS A NEIGHBOUR WITH CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG THE PHILIPPINES WAS OF COURSE DIFFERENT. IF PRESIDENT RAMOS WANTED TO MEET THE GOVERNOR, I WAS SURE MR PATTEN WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE HIM, PROVIDED HE WAS IN THE TERRITORY AT THE TIME. ROMULO ASKED HOW A MEETING COULD BEST BE ARRANGED. I SAID THAT ALAN MONTOMERY IN MANILA WOULD BE THE RIGHT CHANNEL.
ROBIN MCLAREN-..
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