is being arranged for him in his representative
capacity as Chairman of the Anglo-Hong Kong
Parliamentary Group and that you would hope not
to receive requests from other Members;
these
you would find it difficult to agree to and
would probably have to refuse. If it so
happened that you later received a request for
a matching visit by a Labour M. P., this could
perhaps be met by allowing a visit by one of
the three Labour M.P.s who, we understand, will
be visiting Hong Kong about Easter (preferably
a member of the Parliamentary Group). Once
again it would be necessary to emphasise the
representative nature of the visit.
Thereafter
it should be possible to stand firm against
further requests, stressing that visits by two
representative Members had taken place and
that the maintenance of reasonable and
satisfactory conditions at the centre is
vouchsafed by periodic visits from a representat
tive of the International Red Cross.
[ Tam in paragraph drafted
by Nu. Godder]
You will no
doubt be taking
an early opportunity to talk this Royle after his answal,
over
with
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