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9 September.

afterwards for the SEATO meeting.

He would however

be very ready to combine a trip to Hong Kong (and

possibly Japan) with visits to Australia (for the

SEATO meeting on 27/28 June) and New Zealand.

Such

a trip might be fitted in eier on the way to or

from Canberra.

4.

that

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-It will not be necessary to inform the Governor

be j

Secr

and the University authorities of the Secretary of

State's change of plans apré

the merify or

5. Since the original invitation to visit Hong Kong

in April 1972 was extended by the Chinese University

of Hong Kong to a Minister (and not specifically to

the Secretary of State) it may be that the University

authorities will still wish their vitation to stand.

When informing the Governor that the Secretary of

State will not now be able to visit Hong Kong in

April, it would accordingly be helpful if we could

at the same time give him some indication of whether

there would be any prospect of such a Ministerial

visit being arranged so soon before the time of the

Secretary of State's own projected visit. It might

therefore be worth mentioning the point to the

Ministeri

Ministerial Visits Committee.

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