TNAG-0612-FCO40-760-Visits-of-Lord-Goronwy-Roberts--Minister-of-State-for-Foreig-1977 — Page 4

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Iver John,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE HONG KONG

1st March 1977

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POSSIBLE VISIT BY LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

18th February.

Thank you for your letter of

I too was disappointed as I had been looking forward to a chat with Lord Goronwy-Roberts I was also very sad indeed at the cause of his change of plans.

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I have noted the possibility

of him coming here either in August or September, or in October/November.

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For my part I had not intended to visit the U.K. this year until November, when I am hoping to take about 2 months off for leave and a rather longer stay in London than on recent visits.: However if there is anything Lord Goronwy-Roberts would like to discuss I would gladly make a short visit to London at any time that would be convenient to him. The Dragon-boat Dinner of the Hong Kong Association in June would be a good excuse for a visit if one were thought necessary.

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I was not proposing to make

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my usual short summer visit both because we seem to be in broad agreement and other things being equal my place is here. Also because this looks like being a particularly hectic parliamentary session and I imagine that Ministers and MPs might have rather more time after the summer | recess.

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Incidentally I think that ideas on the budget could most usefully be developed, initially at any rate, in writing.

4:4:A: Stewart Esq;; ORE

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