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AVANJA
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
Sir Murray MacLehose KCMG MBE
Type 1 +
FROM
A C STUART
Telephone No. Ext.
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PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
HONG KONG
1.
Department
Thank you for your letter of 15 March
about your own movements.
I have consulted Duncan
Watson and Teddy Youde. All of us think that, as it
happens, the timing of your proposed visit. in June
is likely to be about right for our new Ministers.
They are naturally pre-occupied with affairs in
Europe and the Middle East. Mr Goronwy-Roberts, the
Minister responsible, has only just come back from
the Queen's visit to Indonesia, and since he is in
the Lords, we will also have to brief and consult
other FCO Ministers in the Commons. I doubt if this
process will be complete before June. If, as you say,
there had been serious problems which needed
discussion now, then our conclusion might have been
different. But, with luck, this should not be the
case following your recent exchange with Duncan
Watson. There are of course a number of difriegt t
questions of potential importance; but none of these
e sufficiently actual to suggest any change of
plan at the moment.
2.
As for your ea programme, you will have
heard the sad news of Pat Kelly's removal, having been
manoeuvred into The Hague; but we are promised a
bright young man in her place and will impress on him
the importance of looking after the Governor
properly.
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