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CYPHER CAT/-A
PRIORITY HONG KONG.
TELECRAM NO 755
CONFIDENTIAL 3003152
YOUR TELEGRAM 727.
PERSONAL FOR TRENCH.
TO F C 0
DATED 32 OCTOBER
GN YOUR PARA. 2 WE WILL MEET
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THE SUGGESTED REQUIREMENTS ON HANDING-OVER BRIEFS. YOUR SUCCESSOR WILL HAVE UNTERSTOOD THAT EPHEMERA AND MINI-CRISES BEING A
WAY OF LIFE HERE THE TOPPING-UP DOCUMENTS WILL INVOLVE SUBSTANTIAL READING.
2. ON THE QUESTION OF DATES, SUBJECT TO PARA. 4 BELOW THERE IS NO LOGISTIC OR ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTY IN WHAT IS PROPOSED. THERE IS HOWEVER THE CONSIDERATION THAT OCTOBER, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN AND IS STILL BEING REPEATEDELY TALKED OF AS THE TIME OF YOUR CVN DEPARTURE, AND THE PHRASE ''MID-OCTOBER’*
WAS USED WHEN YOUR EXTENSION WAS ANNOUNCED. DISAPPOINTMENT WILL BE VOICED THAT YOUR PERIOD OF OFFICE HAS BEEN CUT SHORT BY SOME SIX WEEKS, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER A FINAL OPENING ADDRESS TO LEGCO ALBEIT ONE WHICH WOULD BE REMINISCENT
RATHER THAN FORWARD LOCKING. OTHER FACTORS ARE OF COURSE THAT THE 1ST AND 12TH'' MIGHT CONCEIVABLY BE STEPPED UP TO
UNDERLINE OPPOSED POLITICAL ATTITUDES IN THE PRESENCE OF A NEW COVER- NOR (THOUGH I THINK THAT UNLIKELY) AND THAT MACLEHOSE AND HIS DRAFT- SMAN MIGHT HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THE ANNUAL ADDRESS TO LEGCO
SO SOON AFTER ARRIVAL AN-ADDRESS WHICH WILL OF COURSE BE ANALYSED
DOWN TO THE LAST COMMA.
3. THESE ARE IMPORTANT BUT NOT OVER-RIDING CONSIDERATIONS. IF THE DATES PROPOSED ARE ADHERED TO. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY
NOV 1970
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