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TELEGRAM NUMBER 164 OF 31 JANUAPY

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YOUR TELNO 155 TO HONG KONG: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY MR LUCE.

1. I SHOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO MEET MR LUCE DURING HIS STAV

IN HONG KONG.

2. I DO, HOWEVER, FACE A PROBLEM OVER THE TIMING. ON PRESENT

PLANS, MR CHANNON WILL BE IN PEKING FROM 23 TO 23 FEBRUARY.

I HAD BEEN PLANNING TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON SOME OF HIS CALLS ON

24, 25 AND 27 FEBRUARY AND TO GIVE A DINNER PARTY FOR HIM

ON THE LAST OF THESE DAYS (HAVING UNFORTUNATELY MISSED HIS

ARRIVAL BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS).

3. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BEST COURSE MIGHT BE FOR ME TO

FLY DOWN TO HONG KONG BY THE MORNING FLIGHT ON 25 FEBRUARY

AND RETURN TO PEKING BY THE MID-DAY FLIGHT ON 26 FEBRUARY. THE

AMOUNT OF TIME I HAD FOR TALKS WITH MR LUCE WOULD DEPEND ON THE

TIMING OF HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG FROM BRUNEI. BUT I IMAGINE

THAT HE AND I WOULD OVERLAP IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST THE WHOLE

OF THE EVENING OF 25 FEBRUARY AND SOME OF THE MORNING OF THE

FOLLOWING SAY.

4. THIS PLAN WOULD ENTAIL MY TRESPASSING ON THE HOSPITALITY OF

THE GOVERNOR AT FANLING LODGE. I HOPE HOWEVER THAT HE COULD

AGREE TO MY DOING THIS.

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SIR J CATER, HKGO LONDON

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