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CYPHER/CAT A

IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 558 - RE RICTED

YOUR TELNO 551.

MR ROYLE'S VISIT.

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

25 AUGUST 1970

I SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE MR AND MRS ROYLE,

PRIVATE SECRETARY, AND SIR LESLIE MONSON AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE

IF THIS WOULD MEET THEIR WISHES.

TENTH''

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2. TIMING OF THE VISIT IS A LITTLE AWKWARD FROM MY POINT OF

VIEW, BUT IF MR ROYLE WILL OVERLOOK ANY DEFICIENCES IN THE

ARRANGEMENTS RESULTING FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCES BELOW, I AM

SURE A USEFUL PROGRAMME CAN NEVERTHELESS BE ARRANGED.

3. APART FROM THE FACT THAT 10TH OCTOBER (THE ''DOUBLE

IS A DAY ON WHICH THE SECURITY FORCES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER

OFFICERS WILL BE ON STANDBY AND UNAVAILABLE, I MYSELF AM COMMITTED

TO A NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENTS DURING THE PROPOSED PERIOD OF THE

VISIT, ARISING PARTLY FROM THE FACT THAT I AM SHORTLY PROCEEDING

ON LEAVE AND PARTLY FROM THE PLAYING HERE THIS YEAR OF THE

PUTRA CUP: AN INTERNATIONAL S.E. ASIAN GOLF TOURNAMENT. IN

WHICH THE TEAMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A NUMBER OF PROMINENT

PERSONS FROM THE AREA WHO EXPECT TO BE WELL TREATED AND RECOGNIZED

DURING THEIR VISIT, AND ARE, I AM TOLD, TOUCHY ABOUT IT.

4. IN PARTICULAR:-

(A) ON 9TH OCTOBER, I AND MANY OF MY MOST SENIOR OFFICERS

WILL BE ENGAGED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON WITH THE THIRD AND

FINAL DAY'S DEBATE AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL SESSION.

(B) I HAVE UNAVOIDABLE ENGAGEMENTS ON THE EVENING OF 9TH

OCTOBER: THE LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING AND EVENING

OF 12TH OCTOBER: AND DURING THE AFTERNOON (AND EVENING)

OF 13TH OCTOBER.

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