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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 891 OF 17 OCTOBER, AND TO PRIORITY
PEKING INFO ROUTINE TOKYO.
ROYAL VISIT. TO HONG KONG.
1. THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TO JAMAICA FOR
THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE WILL BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT PERHAPS CAUSING SPECULATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THAT AND THE TOKYO
VISIT ALREADY ANNOUNCED. IT IS ALSO DESIRABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE HONG
KONG VISIT IN TIME FOR A REFERENCE TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE
QUEEN'S SPEECH ON 29 OCTOBER. WE APPRECIATE TIMING IS RATHER
EARLIER THAN YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY FAVOURED BUT GIVEN PRESENT STATE OF ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS WE SEE NO OBJECTION TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS STAGE. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION, PUCKINGHAM PALACE PROPOSE TO ISSUE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT AT 0100 TUESDAY 22
OCTOBER:
BEGINS
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM
SUNDAY 3 MAY TO WEDNESDAY 7 MAY.
ENDS.
2. GRATEFUL FOR EARLY REPLY.
3. TO HONG KONG ONLY.
PROBABLE STAGING POINT EN ROUTE IS NOW GUAM RATHER THAN WAKE ISLAND.
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MR W HESELTINE, C.V.O.. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
PS TO PUS
SIR D WATSON
MR MALE MR WILFORD
MR R ALLISON,
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
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