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TELELETTER
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FROM R D CLIFT, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT
FILE REFERENCE HKK 026/5 DATED 30 MARCH 1982
FOLLOWING FOR: D M MARCH ESQ OBE, SENIOR BRITISH TRADE
COMMISSIONER, HONG KONG
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SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE KBE CMG, CHIEF SECRETARY,
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG
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RJT MCLAREN ESQ CMG, POLITICAL ADVISER, GOVERN-
MENT SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG
VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER: OPENING OF CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION
1.
I WAS SOMEWHAT CONCERNED WHEN I READ YOUR TELEGRAM NO BTC
34 THAT YOU WERE NOT FULLY IN THE PICTURE ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S
VISIT. FCO TELNO 8 TO YOU HAD BEEN INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT YOU
WOULD BE. I WAS THEREFORE GLAD TO RECEIVE YOUR TELNO BTC 35.
TO BE MORE CERTAIN WE WILL IN FUTURE COPY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE VISIT TO YOU.
2.
I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO PHILIP HADDON-CAVE AND
ROBIN MCLAREN. I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH THE
HONG KONG GOVERNEMNT HOW TO ENSURE THAT KADOORIE DOES NOT GET TOO
EXAGGERATED AN IMPRESSION OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH THE PRIME
MINISTER WILL BE ABLE TO DEVOTE TO THE OPENING OF THE CASTLE PEAK
POWER STATION. KADOORIE QUITE RIGHTLY WANTS TO MAKE THE MOST OF
THIS OPPORTUNITY AND NO DOUBT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE KEEN TO
RESPOND. BUT, WITHOUT APPEARING LUKEWARM, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT
TO SHOW THAT IN A VISIT CURRENTLY PLANNED TO BE OF 2 DAYS IT
WOULD BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SPEND A WHOLE DAY AT CASTLE PEAK.
SIGNED R D CLIFT
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