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TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 929 OF 19 SEPTEMBER. 1973

VISIT BY RICHARD HORNBY M.P.

1. MR HORNBY, CONSERVATIVE MEMBER FOR TONBRIDGE, WHO WILL BE VISITING AUSTRALIA IN OCTOBER AS A MEMBER OF A COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION DELEGATION, WILL SPEND ONE DAY ÎN

HONG KONG ON HIS JOURNEY OUT.

2. MR HORNBY HAS WRITTEN TO ME TO SAY THAT HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A TALK WITH SOMEONE WHILE HE IS IN HONG KONG.

3. MR HORNBY WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG FROM DELHI ON MONDAY 8 OCTOBER AT 1720 HOURS BY FLIGHT BA812. HE LEAVES AGAIN FOR

DARWIN ON WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 0503 HOURS. HE WILL BE TRAVELLING WITH MR ERNEST FERNYHOUGH, LABOUR M.P. FOR JARROW, WHOSE ARRANGEMENTS ARE IDENTICAL, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY

WILL BE STAYING.

4. STUART DISCUSSED THIS VISIT WITH YOU BRIEFLY IN LONDON. ÏF YOU HAVE TIME TO SEE MR HORNBY WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL. YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO CONSIDER INVITING MR FERNYHOUGH, ALTHOUGH HE HAS

NOT ASKED FOR A MEETING.

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