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TO IMMEDIATE FCO (FOR CLIFT HKGD AND ELLIOTT FED) TELEGRAM NUMBER 432 OF AUGUST
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
HONG KONG TEL NO 856 TO YOU: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
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1. T UNDERSTAND UMELCO'S CONCERN THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE REPRESENTED AUTHORITATIVELY DURING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT. BUT, SEEN FROM HERE, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SIR P CRADOCK IN HIS TELS NO 212 (PARA 3) AND 353 (PARA 6) STILL HOLD GOOD. THERE IS A TENDENCY AMONG THE PRESS HERE AND ELSEWHERE TO RECARD HONG KONG AS THE ONLY REAL PURPOSE OF THE VISIT. WE TRY TO DISCOURAGE THIS. IF THE GOVERNOR WERE TO JOIN THE DELEGATION I FEAR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE CONCEDED THIS POINT TO THE PRESS. SPECULATION THAT THE VISIT WAS OF MAKE OR BREAK IMPORTANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE TERRIROTY WOULD FOLLOW, AND THE LIKELY RESULT OF THE VISIT, EVEN ON OUR MOST OPTIMISTIC ASSESSMENT, COULD BE TOO MODEST TO SATISFY DEMAND. SEVERAL JOURNALISTS HAVE ASKED US WHETHER THE GOVERNOR IS TO ACCOMPANY THE PRIME MINISTER (AS WAS SPECULATED LAST MONTH IN HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS). IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD DRAW MOMENTOUS CONSLUSIONS FROM HIS PRESENCE.
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2 I AM ALCO CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S INCLUSION IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY WOULD INCREASE CHINESE LEADERS' EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE DEGREE OF PROGRESS WE EXPECT TO MAKE IN SEPTEMBER. WE SHOULD NOT PRODUCE BOTH OUR MAJOR PROSPECTIVE VISITORS TO PEKING AT ONCE.
3. SUBJECT TO SIR P CRADOCK'S VIEWC, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE POLITICAL ADVISER JOIN THE PRIME MINISTER'S DELEGATION. HE WOULD REPRESENT THE HONG KONG INTEREST WITHOUT ATTRACTING THE SAME DEGREE OF ATTENTION THAT INEVITABLY FOLLOWS THE GOVERNOR'S MOVEMENTS.
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