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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 910 OF 3 APRIL
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YOUR TELNO 612 OF
APRIL: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
1. LADY HOWE VISITED THE MATAUWEI GIRLS' HOME IN AUGUST 1978.
WE HAVE THEREFORE SUBSTITUTED WITH A VISIT TO THE TAI TAM GAP
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS ON HONG KONG ISLAND. TIMING
OF VISIT REMAINS UNCHANGED.
2. LADY HOWE'S BREAKFAST WITH SIR Y.K. PAO WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE MANDARIN HOTEL AT 8 AM.
3. MR DAVID HUNTER IS INDEED A HIGH COURT JUDGE. WE DO NOT THINK
THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD SEE HIM: TO DO SO WOULD CREATE
PROTOCOL DIFFICULTIES VIS-A-VIS OTHER SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE
JUDICIARY.
4. NEITHER MR WALDEN NOR MRS ELLIOTT ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY
LUNCH. MR WALDEN IS A RETIRED CIVIL SERVANT, AND WE DO NOT THING
IT WILL BE OF VALUE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET HIM. IT IS ONLY POSSIBLE TO INVITE A SELECTION OF URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
THE LUNCH: AND IT IS CONSIDERED MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE SECRETARY
OF STATE TO MEET LOCAL HONG KONG CHINESE MEMBERS, RATHER THAN MRS ELLIOTT, WHOSE COMMENTS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE HELPFUL, BUT WHICH WILL DOMINATE LOCAL PRESS COVERAGE OF THE EVENT.
5. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE NEEDS TO REPLY TO MR ADLEY, WE SUGGEST HE MIGHT DO SO AFTER HIS RETURN ON THE LINES THAT HE MET A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY DURING HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE DID NOT FIND TIME TO
MEET MR HUNTER, MR WALDEN OR MRS ELLIOTT..
6. PRIVATE SECRETARY WILL BRING WITH HIM TO LONDON TOMORROW.
LIST OF THOSE INVITED TO THE LUNCH ON 19 APRIL.
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