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LETTER

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A J Coles Esq

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SUBJECT:

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN, CHINA AND HONG KONG

1.

Thank you for your letter of 5 July. We have

noted the Prime Minister's wishes on the programme

and on the meetings about Hong Kong. We agree that it

would be useful for Sir Percy Cradock and Sir Hugh

Cortazzi to have separate meetings with the Prime

Minister on 28 July.

2. In addition, it would be helpful to know the

Prime Minister's views on which officials should attend

the briefing meeting on the future of Hong Kong on

28 July. We suggest that, in addition to the

Secretary of State and his FCO advisers, the Prime

Minister might find it useful to have the advice not

only of Lord MacLehose and Sir Percy Cradock but also

of the present Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde.

The latter would bring the benefit of up-to-date

knowledge of public feeling in the Territory. He

also has considerable knowledge of the subject from

his earlier period as Ambassador in Peking and from

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