TNAG-0438-FCO40-503-Visits-of-UK-Members-of-Parliament--to-Hong-Kong-including-v-1974 — Page 123

From Miss M M Ashley

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE S4c(Air)

Metropole Building Northumberland Avenue London WC2N 5BL

Telephone 01-930 7022 ext 3618

Enter & Emu, fl.

R.B. Crowson Esq

Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department Foreign and Commonwealth

Office

London SW1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY Ns. 31

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APR 1974

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Your reference

Our reference

AF/866/74/S4c (Air)

Date

5th April 1974

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Dear Mr. Crowson

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REF.

You will wish to know that we are arranging the usual annual visit to the Services in Hong Kong by a party of up to seven MPS/Peers from 11th to 16th September 1974. This will follow directly upon a visit to the ANZUK Force in Singapore.

The first object of the visit is to see something of the work of the Services overseas but the visitors may well ask to see members of the Executive and Legislative Councils; equally you may feel that courtesy calls on the latter should be made. We have asked the Commander British Forces to forward an outline programme by 3rd May following pattern of last year's programme, and he will no doubt obtain the Political Adviser's views before drawing up the programme. We shall of course seek your views when the time comes, meanwhile we shall be glad to know whether you have any objection in principle to the arranging of political calls of this kind.

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