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Mr Stuart

Mr Male

1S/Lord Goronwy-Roberts

RECRV IN RUGISTRY No. 51 28 JUN1974

HICKS/128,

M. Como (64

P.A.

4+/6

VISIT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE

1. Each summer the Ministry of Defence arrange for a group of MPs and a Peer to visit the Services in Hong Kong and Singapore.

2. They have informed us that this year's visit will take place from 7 11 September in Singapore and 11 - 16 September

The group will consist of :-

in Hong Kong.

Labour

Mr Thomas Cox, MP

Mr Raymond Carter, MP Mr James Sillars, MP

Conservative

Mr Dudley Smith, MP Rear Admiral M C Morgan

Giles, DSO, OBE, GM, MP Mr Richard Luce, MP

Peer

Lord Milner of Leeds

1

I

Wandsworth Tooting (Leader of the Group) Northfield

S. Ayrshire

-Warwick & Leamington

Winchester Shoreham

3. I shall attend a briefing meeting for the Group in

the Ministry of Defence on 4 July.

At the Hong Kong

Government's request I have suggested that their Commissioner

in London should also be present.

M. Sillars in particular has takes

a vocal and intical interest in Hong Kong ACS 25/6

24 June 1974

Cc:

PG de Courcy-Ireland South West Pacific Dept.

2.1. Lovan.

Сах

RB Crowson

Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Dept.

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