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YOUR TELMO 1947 SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG APRIL 11/12.

1. SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMME :-

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A) 1830: MEETING WITH GOVERNOR, CS AND A FEW OFFICIALS. THEREAFTER,

B) AT ABOUT 1145 MEET EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR COFFEE FOLLOWED BY MEETING OF 30 OR 40 MINUTES,

C) I SHOULD LIKE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND MRS OWEN TO MEET SOME › OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN HONG KONG CONCERNED WITH ADMINISTRATION, JOURNALISM, SOCIAL WORK AND BUSINESS, THEY ARE A BRIGHT LOT. THE BEST WAY TO DO. THIS IS AT AN INFORMAL MEAL. 1 THEREFORE PROPOSE A LUNCH AT WHICH THERE WOULD BE NOT MORE THAN 12 PEOPLE AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S TABLE SO THAT CONVERSATION COULD BE GENERAL. IF SO DESIRED I COULD ARRANGE OTHER TABLES, BUT THE SMALLER THE PARTY I THINK THE MORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL GET OUT OF IT.

2. IN THE AFTERNOON THERE IS A SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO DEBATE THE BUDGET WHICH I MUST CHAIR AND WILL LAST FROM 1436 UNTIL 1700 OR 1730. I SUGGEST AN AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAMME AS FOLLOWS :-

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D) 1430 1630: TOUR OF NEW TERRITORIES BY CAR AND HELICOPTER TO GAIN A GENERAL IMPRESSION OF ACTIVITIES AND CONDITIONS IN THE COLONY, ACCOMPANIED BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. E) 1730: HALF HOUR PRESS CONFERENCE,

F) 1930: DINNER FOR ABOUT 290 AT WHICH SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD

MAKE A SHORT TELEVISED SPEECH, BEFORE THE DINNER THE S OF S WOULD MEET A LARGE NUMBER OF THE GUESTS INCLUDING MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND URBAN COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OTHERS. DINNER SHOULD BE OVER BY 2130..

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