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FM FCO 121600Z DEC 83
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 862 OF 12 DECEMBER
PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM DONALD
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MKK040/1
REGE VED IN ME
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12/10
SIDNEY GIFFARD AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH MR LUCE THE
QUESTION OF WHICH SENIOR OFFICIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FCO
IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF NEXT YEAR.
2.
SIDNEY LEAVES THE OFFICE ON 31 DECEMBER TO PREPARE FOR HIS
POSTING TO TOKYO. HIS SUCCESSOR TAKES UP THE WORK (LESS HONG
KONG) IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. I SHALL BE HANDING OVER TO DAVID WILSON IN MARCH, PROBABLY DURING THE FIRST FORTNIGHT, IN
ORDER TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE NEXT JOB.
3. AS YOU KNOW, EXCO WILL BE HERE IN JANUARY, WITH AN APPOINT- MENT PENCILLED INTO THE PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY ON 16 JANUARY.
4.
I ASSUME YOU WOULD WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE MAIN WORK
BEING DONE FOR THE REVIEW AND WOULD WISH TO BE PRESENT WHEN HONG
KONG WAS BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. ON THE OTHER
HAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE HOPING TO HAVE SOME HOLIDAY AND THAT YOU HAD TOLD PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT THAT YOU WOULD BE STARTING
IN YOUR NEW JOB WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THE END OF FEBRUARY
OR THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
5.
WE SHALL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE MINISTER WITH A NOTE ABOUT
THE MOVEMENT OF SENIOR OFFICIALS AND IT WOULD HELP ME IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF INVOLVED IN HONG KONG
MATTERS FROM 1 JANUARY ONWARDS.
HOWE
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