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Note to Editors:

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Monday, May 29, 1972

ARRIVAL OF MR. ANTHONY ROYLE

The R.A.F. VC 10 aircraft, in which the Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth

Affairs and Mrs. Royle are travelling, will land

at Kai Tak at 8.25 a.m. tomorrow.

Mr. Royle will not be holding a press conference

on his arrival tomorrow morning. Arrangements will

be made for Mr. Royle to meet the press on his

return to Hong Kong.

There will be no press facilities on the tarmac.

Official photographs showing Mr. and Mrs. Royle being greeted by His Excellency the Governor will be issued by the Government Information Services

later in the morning.

After landing at Kai Tak, Mr. and Mrs. Royle will proceed by helicopter to Harcourt Road, where they will proceed by car to Government House for

breakfast with H.E. the Governor and Lady MacLehose.

Photographic facilities will be available at the Harcourt Road Helicopter Landing Pad and photographers

are requested to assemble at Harcourt Road at

8.15 a.m. sharp. G.I.S. Liaison officers will be

present.

The R.A.F. VC 10 will take off from Kai Tak for

the journey to Peking at 11 a.m. Lady MacLehose

will be present at Kai Tak to see Mr. and Mrs.

Royle off. Official G.1.S. photographs will also

be issued as soon as possible.

Mr. and Mrs. Royle are accompanied on the visit

to China by:-

Mr. Adam Butler, MP

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Parliamentary Private Secretary

Mr. R.M. Evans, Head of Far Eastern Department Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Mr. D.B.C. Logan

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Private Secretary.

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