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CONFIDENTIAL
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 727
TO HONG KONG 27 OCTOBER 1970
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PERSONAL FROM TRENCH.
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AFTER DISCUSSION WITH MACLEHOSE WE THINK THE MOST CONVENIENT DATES FOR THE HAND-OVER GOVERNORSHIP WOULD BE FOR ME TO LEAVE ON OR ABOUT 1 SEPTEMBER AND FOR MACLEHOSE TO ARRIVE ON OR ABOUT 21 SEPTEMBER. THE OPENING MEETING FOR THE NEW SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COULD THEN BE HELD ON OR ABOUT 20 OCTOBER. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OBSERVATIONS ON THIS PROPOSAL.
2.
MACLEHOSE HAS ASKED WHETHER HANDING-OVER BRIEFS COULD BE PREPARED IN TIME FOR HIM TO SEE THEM IN MAY, WITH TOPPING-UP BRIEFS PREPARED FOR HIM ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG. DO YOU THINK WE
CAN MANAGE THIS?
DOUGLAS HOME
FILES:
HONG KONG DEPT
DTAS UNIT
SIR L. MONSON
MR. WILFORD
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