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Mr Gardner (M & V D Room CL634)

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG 2/3 NOVEMBER 1972

1.

FICE

The Secretary of State will pay a brief visit to Hong Kong on his return from China. In Hong Kong he will have talks with the Governor and with the Unofficial Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils. The main purpose of the Secretary of State's visit is to report on his t 1ks in Peking, but we have been asked to produce a general Defensive Brief on any points which the Unofficial Members of ExCo and LecCo may raise with him.

2. I should therefore be grateful if you could pro- vide us - by 17 October

by 17 October - with a short her paragraph on visas problems for inclusion in the general Defensive Brief.

10 October 1972

F M Kelly (Miss) Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Dept (Room K243) MA 632