TNAG-0368-FCO40-414-Visits-of-UK-Government-Ministers-to-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 6

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I DID NOT SEE, OR KNOW ABOUT, GOVERNOR'S TELEGRAM 55 TO YOU UNTIL 29

AFTER IT HAD ISSUED. PROPOSALS TO ALTER THE SATURDAY PROGRAMME AND

NOT TO REQUIRE TEXT OF SPEECH ARE THEREFORE A SURPRISE TO ME AND IN

SOME RESPECTS MAY SEEM TO CONFLICT WITH MY DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU

ON BOTH POINTS. AS AGREED WITH YOU I AM ARRANGING FOR ALL U K

BASED AND SENIOR LOCAL STAFF TO BE AT OFFICE THROUGHOUT SATURDAY

AFTERNOON TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MR WALKER ON THE OPPORTUNITITES FOR IMPROVING EXPORTS HERE (AS I MENTIONED TO YOU) AND THE ROLE OF THIS OFFICE IN THIS CONNECTION. 1 VERY MUCH HOPE

THAT THIS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AND ALSO THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORT-

UNITY FOR ME TO DISCUSS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON M T S WITH MR WALKER

BEFORE HE HAS ANY TALKS ON THIS SUBJECT WITH THE GOVERNOR AND HIS

1 OFFICIALS (WHICH I SHOULD HOPE TO ATTEND).

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2. WE MIGHT DISCUSS THE MODALITIES OF THIS ON THE WAY FROM THE

AIRPORT ON SATURDAY. WE COULD ALSO THEN DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE WITH

MR WALKER DURING HIS TALKS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND B T C: FOR

EXAMPLE WOULD MR LEWANDO OR MR HESELTINE WISH TO ATTEND EITHER.

BUT ANY THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE WOULD BE HELPFUL.

3.AS REGARDS SPEECH TEXT, I UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNOR FELT THAT

SINCE MR WALKER CLEARLY HAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT SORT OF SPEECH ON

THE TOP OF HIS HEAD IT WOULD BE UNNECESSARY AND AN IMPOSITION TO

ASK FOR A TEXT IN ADVANCE. BUT FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE

INFORMATION PEOPLE I STILL THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF

WITHOUT UNDULY PRESSING OR BOTHERING MR WALKER YOU COULD LET US HAVE SOME BROAD POINTS, INCLUDING A FEW QUOTES, IN ADVANCE (EVEN SATURDAY LUNCH TIME WOULD DO) PARTY AS A FAIL SAFE'' AND

PARTLY TO GIVE PRESS SOMETHING TO BE WORKING ON BOTH FOR THE SUNDAY PAPERS AND FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON SUNDAY LUNCH TIME.

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