TNAG-0517-FCO40-582-Meetings-of-Royal-Visits-Committee-affecting-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 31

GRS 120

PRIORITY

CYPHER CAT/A

FM

TOK YO 2408227

RESTRICTED

RESTRICTED

LAST

N.

I have repeated

to Hong Kong.

Race Mr. Dinwiddy

HKIO1)

+

pai

FC- 26/5

JAD

25/9

TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 852 OF 24 SEPTEMBER 74.

YOUR TEL 537: STATE VISIT.

1.

JAPANESE HAVE ACCEPTED WORDING PROPOSED IN OUR TEL 791,4 BUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR NORMAL PRACTICE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

OF THIS SORT WISH TO ADD THE FOLLOWING:

''THE ITINERARY AND OTHER DETAILS WILL BE DECIDED IN DISCUSSION

BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS''. HAVE ACCEPTED AND ASSUME

YOU WILL HAVE NO OBJECTION.

2. THE JAPANESE HAVE ALSO ACCEPTED TIMING FOR THE

ANNOUNCEMENT AS PROPOSED. THEIR PRELIMINARY REACTION WAS THAT

AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT, SAY 0900 LONDON TIME WOULD BE BEST.

3.

PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER THE

ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE BY NEWS DEPT OR BY THE PALACE.

WARNER.

FILES

P&CD

FED

NGWG DEPT

MR WILFORD

COPIES TO:

LT COL THE RT HON SIR MARTIN CHARTERIS KCB, KCVO, OBE,

BUCKINGIIAM PALACE.

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PA