TNAG-0368-FCO40-414-Visits-of-UK-Government-Ministers-to-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 121

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PROPOSED VISIT BY THE MINISTER OF AEROSPACE

AND SHIPPING

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and

The Minister for Aerospace and Shipping

Mrs Heseltine have been invited to visit China

in March. In Peking, Mr Heseltine will be

accompanying the Secretary of State for Trade and

Industry the British Industrial Technology

Exhibition.. On his return, Mr Heseltine would

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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We should be glad to know whether you 8e0

any difficulty about a visit by the Minister at

this time. On the face of it, if the Scandinavian

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