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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 74 OF 22 JANUARY 1973 INFO ROUTINE BTC HONG KONG.
PROPOSED VISIT BY THE MINISTER OF AEROSPACE AND SHIPPING.
1. THE MINISTER FOR AERO SPACE AND SHIPPING
AND MRS HESELTINE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO VISIT CHINA ÎN MARCH, IN PEKING, MR HESELTINE WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION. LIKE TO VISIT HONG KONG AND SEE AEROSPACE AND SHIPPING FIRMS. THE PRECISE DATES OF THE HONG KONG VISIT ARE NOT YET CERTAIN BUT IT WOULD BE FOR A FEW DAYS ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
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ON HIS RETURN, MR HESELTINE WOULD
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WE SHOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW WHETHER YOU SEE ANY DIFFICULTY ABOUT A VISIT BY THE MINISTER AT THIS TIME. ON THE FACE OF IT, IF THE SCANDINAVIAN AIR SERVICES AND THE SHIPPING REGISTRY QUESTIONS ARE STILL UNRESOLVED, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO DISCUSS THIS WITH HIM.
3. IT IS NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER MR WALKER WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG. IF HE DOES PROPOSE TO DO SO, WE SHALL OF
COURSE CONSULT YOU.
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