TNAG-0963-FCO40-1182-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1980 — Page 17

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 825 OF 24 SEPTEMBER

INFO ROUTINE PEKING

FOR PA FROM WILLIAMSON

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: REGIONAL AIR SERVICES AND MR RAISON'S

VISIT

1. WE ARE STILL NOT CERTAIN WHAT, IF ANYTHING, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL SAY IN PEKING ON THIS AND WE WILL NOT KNOW BEFORE NEXT WEEK. REGRET THEREFORE BRIEF WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE BEFORE VISIT. 2. IF DECIDED TO PREPARE BRIEF, IT WILL BE SENT TELEGRAPHICALLY

AND COPIED TO YOU,

3. WE HAD HOPED TO BRIEF SECRETARY OF STATE ON MR RAISON'S VISIT TO HONG KONG. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE SINCE HE IS STILL IN THAILAND.

GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF YOU WOULD ARRANGE FOR LORD CARRINGTON TO BE

BRIEFED ON ANYTHING OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE MR RAISON SAID TO OFFICIALS OR IN PUBLIC ON NATIONALITY LAW AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

CARRINGTON

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