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W Heseltine Esq CVO Buckingham Palace

Sir John Hunt KCB Cabinet Office

PERIME

Visit by

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh.

1. To confirm your conversations with Curle and

Heseltine, Buckingham Palace are now planning on an arrival in Hong Kong early Saturday 3 May from Jamaica with a view to the party being able to rest for 24 hours before

undertaking engagements on Sunday 4 Mey, Monday 5 May and

Tuesday 6 May. If the AR Japanese authorities are agreeable to a late evening arrival on Tuesday 6 May party

would leave Hong Kong that afternoon: if not, early on

Wednesday 7 May.

2.

Grateful if you would confirm that dates proposed

RT Armstrong Esq CB do not present any local difficulties. 10 Downing Street

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It is not intended to make any announcement about the

/Hong Kong