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CONFIDENTIAL

HKK 026/2 RECENTO M MOMMY NO. 3

10 MAR 1930

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Visit to Hong Kong by Himster of transport 25/

1. I spoke to

who is

Miss JA Page (Do Trasport) Spatible for organising of Fowke's F.E. top.

de trip remains as outhered in

of the

2. Against Mr Cuft's advice

press

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lon Taken

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The

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purpose

ob Clift's minute of 6 Feb

and de wishes of the Govenor (HK teho 226 of 11 Feb) ad of the March (BTC He who 26 of 13 Feb), the Münster

cheard with his signal intentiori of f Transpent decide de to Spending de Easter week and in Hong Kong (4-7 April) on his outward jouney. His return visit to Hong Kong over to weekend 12-14 April has been agreed is the more convenient working are.

3. The above timings were

Hay

formally proposed in Doć telequm of ZiFeb to Peking, copied to Hay Kong! Contrary to the assware given to Mr

A cift by

of Deakin

dis to Miss

we were not shown a

'Miss Page's attention.

draft afundas telegram. I brought

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4. Mr. Fowler's programme in Hong Kong has become mordinately complicated The main reason you dis, according to tiss lage, is that a dr D'Cak (a traffic engineer at de Do Trasport) hay endeavored to put together programe for his Minster trough telephone calls directly to BTC Haykay. His qualification for dis task being that he accompanied Sir Peter visit to Hong Kong - Baldwin (Penn Sec at the Def Transport) on a November 1979. Au that occasion, two, Mr Clark was in danger of gumming up the communications procedures (para 4 BTC He telmo 103 of 190 to 1979). This time around it has become even worse

which we

5. It appears that Mr Clark had proposed simply to "re-work" the briefs

provided for So Rater Baldwin

Su Peter Baldwin in November to submit to vei Fowler for his visit in April. I have impressed on Miss Page that we must have also asked to see the programme for de provide new briefing.

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visit as it stands so far

CODE 18-77

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