TNAG-1230-FCO40-1543-Visit-by-Richard-Luce--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Com-1983 — Page 251

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FM FCO 091600Z AUGUST 83

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 760 OF 10 AUGUST

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YOUR TELNOS 1137-8: MR LUCE'S VISIT

1. MR LUCE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER PROPOSED PROGRAMME

IN DETAIL BEFORE GOING ON LEAVE.

FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:

HE HAS HOWEVER MADE THE

(A) HE WOULD PREFER TO ARRIVE ON 24 SEPTEMBER TO ALLOW A FULL

DAY'S REST BEFORE HIS PROGRAMME BEGINS:

(B) HE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE SERVICES:

(C) HE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A DB MEETING IF POSSIBLE:

(D) HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DR PHILIP KWOK. DR KWOK WILL PRESUMABLY ATTEND THE DRINKS WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL, BUT YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER HE COULD BE INVITED TO DINNER AS WELL:

(E) HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DONALD AND A PRIVATE SECRETARY. 2. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF MR LUCE WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY

SPEECHES. WE ASSUME A BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT FOR UMELCO MEETING

AND PRESS CONFERENCE WOULD BE USEFUL. WILL THE LUNCH WITH BUSINESSMEN BE WITH BRITISH BUSINESSMEN ONLY, AS IN LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT OR WILL IT BE HOSTED BY HKGCC?

3. AS IT IS GENERALLY KNOWN THAT MR LUCE IS PLANNING TO VISIT

WE HONG KONG, WE SEE NO OBJECTION TO AN EARLY PRESS RELEASE.

ASSUME YOU WILL MAKE A SEPARATE, LATER ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT SIR P CRADOCK. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING, WHICH

WE WILL HAVE TO CLEAR WITH MR LUCE ON HIS RETURN:

'THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE MR RICHARD LUCE, WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG FROM 24-29 SEPTEMBER AS PART OF A TOUR OF THE FAR EAST. MR LUCE HAS VISITED HONG KONG BEFORE BUT THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST VISIT SINCE BEING APPOINTED MINISTER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY

FOR HONG KONG IN JUNE. HE WILL HAVE TALKS WITH

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