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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG 26, 29 SEPTEMBER 1980
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To resolve outstanding issues on2there
1.
2then Segretary of State's and
Lady Carrington's programmes for their visit to Hong Kong.
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2. I recommend that the Secretary of State agree the revised draft
programme (copy attached). I submit a draft telegram. I also
recommend that Lady Carrington's views be sought on the points in
paragraphs 7 to 9 below.
Background and Argument
3.
In my submission of 21 August, I recommended that the Secretary
of State approve the outline programme proposed by the Governor
(Hong Kong telegram No 1017). The Secretary of State's and the
Private Secretary's comments on it are contained in the Private
Secretary's telegram from Jeddah and take account of the points which
Sir E Youde added to the submision.
4. These comments were passed to the Governor by Sir E Youde in
his telegram No 707. The Governor has now suggested that the
meeting with the Commissioner of Police and the dinner with senior
F(32) Police Officers be dropped (Hong Kong telegram No 1153). This seems
sensible in the light of the Governor's telegram No 1155 to
Sir E Youde.
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5. It has also become necessary to curtail the programme on
29 September to enable the Secretary of State to advance his
departure for Tokyo. The Governor has therefore suggested that
the meeting with the Urban Council scheduled for that morning
replace the meeting with the Police Commissioner (Hong Kong
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