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TELEGRAM NUMBER 49 OF 17 JANUARY

FOR CATER FROM CLIFT.

YOUR TELNO 96:

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FAMILIARISATION VISIT BY HEAD OF HKG D.

1. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE GOVERNOR. I SUGGEST ARRIVING 18 FEBRUARY TO START WORK AFTER CHINESE NEW YEAR AND LEAVING ON THE EVENING OF 3 MARCH.

2. THE PROGRAMME FOR VACLAREN'S VISIT IN OCTOBER 1978 PROVIDES

A GOOD FRAMEWORK. I NEED TO SEE AS MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO TO GET A FEEL FOR OPINION OUTSIDE, INCLUDING NOT ONLY UNOFFICIALS BUT BUSINESSMEN, JOURNALISTS, UNIVERSITY PEOPLE, ETC. I SHOULD LIKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE WORKING OF DISTRICT

ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ALSO EXPERIMENTS IN CONSULTATION IN URBAN AREAS (EG KWUN TONG).

A VISIT TO REFUGEE CENTRES WOULD BE USEFUL AND FULL BRIEFING

ON COUNTER-IMMIGRATION MEASURES.

3. IF POSSIBLE COULD SOME SPARE TIME BE LEFT AT THE END OF THE

VISIT FOR ME TO REVERT TO SUBJECTS WHICH TURN OUT TO BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTING?

4. LETTER FOLLOWS.

CARRINGTON

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