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No. HWB. 22/13
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Top boeret. Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted Unclassified.
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In Confidence
(16) Flag "N"
Flagged B.
Flagged. D
Some consideratio has beengwen to
Flagged E
Much will depend
on
on development's
in China and our assessment The position nearer the date
з
Ed. (3746)
until the last possible moment
DRAFT LETTER
Type 1 + 2
To:-
His Excellency
Sir David Trench, K.C.M.G.,M.C., Government House, Hong Kong.
that one
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From
Mr. W.S. Carter
Sir Ar
Gedsworthy
Telephone No. & Ext.
Hḥ Hall
Department
8 November 19657
one of the papers what reached deportuese contained unforation obel the latest
I am sorry
to Jay
positen abut
Hong Kong after our
Sir Saville Garner wrote to you on 2 th April
to let you know that there was no possibility of a visit
to Hong Kong by the Queen in 1968. During your
discussions with Ministers here in September you CASE
again raised the question of a visit to the Colony by a
member of the Royal Family. We pursued the matter after
your return to Hong Kong and put forward the suggestion
that the Duke of Edinburgh might visit Hong Kong in
September/October, 1968, for the purpose of opening the
Plover Cove Scheme. I am afraid that this proposal was
equally unsuccessful because, apart from other considera-
tions, it was not felt that His Royal Highness could
conveniently fit in a visit to Hong Kong with his
already existing commitments at the time
also some doubt was expressed on the score that he was too close to the throne. However, the idea of a visit by some other member
of the Royal Family has also been considered, although at the moment
to be looked this stage it can only be noted as a possibility for later- at again later
consideration. It will not be possible to reach any
this
decision on the matter for some months, and until a reliable
assessment can be made of the position vis-a-vis China.
It would, in any vent, and for obvious reasons, be best to
defer/making any announcement in connection with any such
/such
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