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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 956 OF 22 SEPTEMBER INFO IMMEDIATE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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FURTHER TO THE GOVERNOR'S TELNO 952 OF 22 SEPTEMBER, THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WILL BE RELEASED LOCALLY AT 6PM TODAY:

''THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY MR W DORWARD, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG ON SATURDAY

EVENING FOR CONSULTATIONS IN LONDON ABOUT THE MULTI-FIBRE TEXTILE

ARRANGEMENT AND THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT SHORTLY TO BE NEGOTIATED

UNDER IT WITH THE EEC. THE GOVERNOR WILL MEET MR EDMUND DELL, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WILL BE ABSENT IN NEW YORK, BUT

THE GOVERNOR WILL ALSO MEET FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTERS AND

OFFICIALS CONCERNED. HE IS ANXIOUS TO SEE THE RESPONSIBLE

MINISTERS BEFORE FINAL DECISIONS ARE TAKEN IN LONDON OR BRUSSELS.

THE GOVERNOR EXPECTS TO RETURN ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEEK.••

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