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GPS 353
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 1409482 JUL 83
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1895 OF 14 JULY 1983
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15 JUL 1983
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
FOLLOWING FOR CLIFT FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 627: AUTUMN VISITS TO HONG KONG
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I DISUCSSED OUR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMMES WITH THE AMBASSADOR WHEN I
WAS IN PEKING AND IN THE LIGHT OF THIS I WILL SET OUT HOW I SEE
ENGAGEMENTS FROM NOW UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
2. I UNDERSTAND THE AMBASSADOR IS PLANNING TO GO ON LEAVE ON
6 AUGUST AND I PLAN TO ARRIVE IN THE UK ON THE SAME WEEKEND GOING
TO DEVON IMMEDIATELY.
3. I SHALL HAVE TO RETURN TO HONG KONG BY ABOUT 8 SEPTEMBER IN
ORDER TO BEGIN WORK ON MY LEGCO SPEECH AND TO ALLOW THE CHIEF
SECRETARY TO GO ON LEAVE ON THE WEEKEND OF SATURDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER.
4. THE AMBASSADOR PLANS TO RETURN TO PEKING FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING
19 SEPTEMBER AND THE TALKS WITH THE CHINESE WILL PRESUMABLY RESUME
DURING THAT WEEK. FOR PRESENTATIONAL REASONS HERE, I SHOULD ATTEND
THAT SESSION.
5. I SHOULD DE BACK BY THE WEEKEND AND IF MR. LUCE CAME ON THE
DIRECT CPA FLIGHT LEAVING ON SATURDAY NIGHT OF 24 SEPTEMBER HE
COULD BE IN HONG KONG ON SATURDAY EVENING AND COMMENCE HIS PRO-
GRAMME ON THE MORNING OF MONDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER. SINCE HE HAS
BEEN TO HONG KONG BEFORE I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT ABOUT THREE
DAYS WOULD BE RIGHT BUT HE WILL OF COURSE DE WELCOME FOR WHAT
EVER PERIOD HE CHOSE. IF MY ATTENDANCE WAS REQUIRED AT A FURTHER
ROUND OF TALKS THAT WEEK THEY COULD NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL FRIDAY,
30 SEPTEMBER AND I WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK ON SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER
TO FINALISE MY LEGCO SPEECH WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY,
5 OCTOBER.
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