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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 417 OF 26 MAY INFO PRIORITY
PEKING
YOUR TELMO 447: MR ROYLE'S VISIT TO CHINA
1. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE TERMS OF THE STATEMENT YOU PROPOSE TO ISSUE.
2. MR ROYLE WOULD PREFER NOT TO MEET PEPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS ON THE OUTWARD JOURNEY TO PEKING. BUT WE SUPPOSE THAT YOU MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PREVENT JOURNALISTS FROM ASSEMBLING AT KA! TAK, ESPECIALLY AS THE JOURNALISTS WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANYING HR ROYLE TO PEKING ARE TO JOIN HIS AIRCRAFT THERE. IF, THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO INSULATE MR ROYLE FROM JOURNALISTS, HE WOULD BE CONTENT TO MEET THEM. BUT HE IS PREPARED TO LEAVE THE ARRANGEMENTS ENTIRELY TO YOU.
3. ON HIS RETURN JOURNEY, MR ROYLE LOOKS FORWARD TO HAVING A GOOD TALK WITH YOU ABOUT HIS VISIT TO CHINA AND ABOUT 1 CR 2 SUBJECTS CONCERNING HONG KONG ITSELF. HE ALSO LOCKS FORWARD TO HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOUR PEOPLE COULD ARRANGE THIS.
4. A FEW DETAILS WILL INEVITABLY REMAIN TO BE SETTLED BY THE TIME THAT MR ROYLE TAKES OFF FROM BRIZE NORTON. MR ROYLE AND THOSE ACCOMPANYING HIM WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THESE WITH WHOEVER
YOU THINK APPROPRIATE DURING HIS STOP-OVER AT KAI TAK ON THE OUTWARD JOURNEY. WE HAVE MADE UP A SET OF BRIEFS FOR YOU. TO BE HANDED OVER THEN.
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