TNAG-0524-FCO40-619-Visits-of-Sir-Murray-MacLehose--Governor-of-Hong-Kong--to-Lo-1976 — Page 94

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TOP PRESS PEOPLE, WHO MIGHT COME IF PRINCESS ALEXANDRA DID: ONE OR TWO EXPORTERS TO HONG KONG, E.G. WEINSTOCK: SOME BIG IMPORTERS: AND A FEW POLITICIANS LIKE ROYLE, ME COULD EVEN, PERHAPS, TRY THE DUKE. OF EDINBURGH, WHO WILL BE IN THE UK DURING THAT PERIOD. YOU COULD THEN GET OVER THE POINTS YOU WANT IN A KEYNOTE SPEECH, WITHOUT CROSS EXAMINATION, AND IF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WAS PRESENT HE WOULD RE THE IDEAL PERSON TO REPLY. WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO WHETHER YOU COULD LAUNCH SUCH A FUNCTION, IN THE UK, AS GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, OR SIMPLY AS SIR M MACLEHOSE: OR ALTERNATIVELY WHETHER PERHAPS THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION MIGHT OSTENSIBLY TAKE THE LEAD. BUT THE PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE INSUPERABLE.

5. WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS TO INVESTIGATE THE PRACTICAL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS, BUT WILL DO SO IF YOU THINK IT A GOOD IDEA,

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