TNAG-0330-FCO40-366-Visit-of-Parliamentary-Under-Secretary-of-State--Anthony-Roy-1972 — Page 247

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FM HONG KONG 310728Z

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REGISTRY No. 51

3. JEC 1971

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TO INMEDIATE FCO TELNO 977 OF 31 DECEMBER,

IN COMMENTING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YOUR VISIT IN FEBRUARY SOME OF THIS MORNING'S NEWSPAPERS HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD RETURN TO HONG KONG IN APRIL TO OPEN THE SCIENCE CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY. THIS PROBABLY ARISES FROM THE EARLIER PLAN OF THE UNIVERSITY WHICH INCLUDED THE OPENING OF THE NEW BLOCK BY YOU,

2. WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS RIGHT BY ANNOUNCING MR ROYLE'S VISIT NOW. PLEASE CONFIRM RY IMMEDIATE TELEGRAM THAT YOU HAVE NO GBJECTION TO SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

MACLEHOSE

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