TNAG-1297-FCO40-1652-Visit-by-Sir-Geoffrey-Howe--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-a-1984 — Page 265

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FM HONG KONG 230240Z FEB 84

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 497 OF 23 FEBRUARY 1984

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

HKK

RECEIVED

No

L.

027/2

ISTRY

23 FEB 1984

I. A

FOISTRY

ohn K&B

POSSIBLE VISIT TO FAR EAST BY SECRETARY OF STATE.

TODAY'S SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST CARRIES ON ITS FRONT PAGE

AN ARTICLE FROM A LONDON CORRESPONDENT QUOTING A GOVERNMENT

SOURCE AS HAVING SAID THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD DEFINITE

PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG SOME TIME THIS YEAR, BUT THAT THE

RUMOURS OF A VISIT IN APRIL COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED BECAUSE

NO DATE HAD YET BEEN DECIDED.

2. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE GUIDANCE ON A LINE TO TAKE IF NEWS

OF A POSSIBLE VISIT GOT OUT PROMISED IN YOUR TELNO 259. GRATEFUL

FOR CONFIRMATION THAT WE MAY FOLLOW THE LINE APPARENTLY TAKEN

IN LONDON.

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HADDON-CAVE

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HKD

FED

MR DONALD

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