TNAG-0287-FCO40-323-Briefs-for-visits-in-UK-of-Governor-designate-of-Hong-Kong---1971 — Page 67

MR A Anderson Esq MSc C Eng AMICE Institute of Highway Engineering Road Research Laboratory Tropical Section CROWTHORNE

Berks

6 April, 1971

1. I think the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have been in touch with you about briefing me on techniques of traffic control before I go to Hong Kong as Governor, and that you were kind enough to offer to help.

2.

3.

I would like to take this in two stages:-

a.

b.

In the second half of June or first half of July - a general briefing on how things are managed.

Second half of July or early August - go and look at how things are managed in one or two places comparable to Hong Kong.

I very much hope it will be possible for the FCO to arrange something with you on a. But meanwhile I would be most grateful for your advice on where I should choose for b. I will be in London on 3 and 4 May and will ring you up if I have not heard from you by then.

4. There are of course, a considerable number of fields, other than traffic control, that I will be tackling in a similar way, and it will not be possible to spend much time on any one. The object will have to be limited to gaining a nodding acquaintance with the subject sufficient to enable me to understand what the experts tell me once I arrive in Hong Kong, and also to have a slight comparative experience.

5.

I feel some diffidence in approaching an expert of your eminence over such limited instruction, but I would be most grateful for your help.

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