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FM F C 0 1615387 OCTOBER 79

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 837 OF 16 OCTOBER.

FOR GOVERNOP FROM MCLAREY.

FAMILIARISATION VISITS TO HONG KONG.

HKK 02k ?

2 2 OCT 1979

DESK OFFICES INDEX

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1. APART FROM MYSELF NO MEMBER OF HKGD HAS VISITED HONG KONG SINCE THOMPSON (THEN HEAD OF THE HONG KONG SECTION) DID SO IN

MAY LAST YEAR.

2. QUANTRILL IS LIKELY TO BE POSTED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1930 AND IT IS CLEARLY UNNECESSARY FOR WILLIAMSON TO RETURN TO HONG KONG WHILE HE IS ON SMENT HERE. THE NEW ENTRANT DESK OFFICER (CURRENTLY MS RITCHIE) SPENDS ONLY A YEAR IN THE DEPARTMENT AND A

VISIT WOULD NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE.

3.1 HAVE HOWEVER OBTAINED AUTHORITY FOR A VISIT BY PETER WEBB, THE OTHER DESK OFFICER, WEBB, WHO HAS AN ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IN CHINESE, IS A RESEARCH OFFICER WITH 4 YEARS EXPERIENCE, WHO HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR 2 YEARS FROM JULY. HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO HONG KONG AND WOULD, I AM SURE, GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE KIND OF FAMILIARISATION VISIT WHICH WAS ARRANGED FOR THOMPSON.

4. THE DATES WHICH WOULD SUIT THE DEPARTMENT BEST WOULD BE

10-23 NOVEMBER INCLUSIVE. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER A

SUITABLE PROGRAMME COULD BE ARRANGED AT THIS TIME.

CARRINGTON

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