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Mr Cohen CRE2

RECAVE! ?

ROBISTRY NO. 1

16 MAR 1973

HKK3/548/3

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG

SATURDAY 31 MARCH/SUNDAY 1 APRIL

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Mr MacLean OFP

Miss Lowne

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Mr Baker CA2

Mrs Vicks Marine Division Mr Madigan

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Mr Goodfellow HKIOD, FCO

Mr H Davies Far East Dept, FCO

As you will see from telegram 219 from the Governor of Hong Kong, the programme for this visit will be:

Saturday 31 March

Arrive from China

Afternoon talks with Senior British Trade Commissioner and staff about

performance and promotion of British trade in Hong Kong

Dinner with Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (speech on Britain's

economic prospects)

Sunday 1 April

Meeting with Governor (and presumably Hong Kong officials on "Hong Kong's trade with Britain and any other issues the Secretary of State wishes to raise.

Press conference at airport before departure for Singapore at 3.05 pm.

Additionally, we hope to fit in a meeting with Mr Y K Pao of World-Wide Shipping.

9.5

I should be grateful if you would be responsible for co-ordinating the briefing for this visit; we should assemble contributions by Friday, 9 March, and have the final version ready for submission in the middle of the following week. As the Secretary of State's visit will be so short, we should endeavour to limit each section of the brief to no more than one page if possible (particularly bearing in mind that Mr Heseltine will be in Hong Kong the previous weekend for full discussions on sactions 8 and 9 below. Mr Hubback has been asked to co-ordinate Mr Heseltine's briefing.)

Would you and the other recipients of this minute therefore please put in hand briefing on the following lines:

1.

Hong Kong

political and economic position

FCO(in

Mr Goodfellow FCO (in consultation with

Mr Davies FCO on the implications for Hong Kong of the

West's rapprochement with Chine.

UK/Hong Kong trade

Mr Cohen CRF2

2.

and the Hong Kong TAG

3.

Hong Kong projects

Mr Cohen CRE2 in consultation with Kr MacLean OPP

British Industrial Exhibition, Mr Cohen CRB2 in consultation with Hong Kong

Mr Davenport FPB

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