TNAG-1301-FCO40-1657-Visits-by-Richard-Luce--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Co-1984 — Page 189

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6 FM FCO 261230Z JAN 84

7 TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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9 AND TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR

10 REPEATED FOR INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI (for pase 4)

11 FROM PS/MR LUCE

12 MR LUCE'S VISIT TO FAR EAST, HONG KONG AND KUALA LUMPUR: TRAVEL

13 ARRANGEMENTS

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Mr Luce hopes to arrive in Hong Kong on the afternoon of

14 1. 15 Saturday 25 February.

Exact timing will depend on when he can

16 Leave Brunei and which route proves most satisfactory.

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For onward travel, there is no flight which would enable Mr 18 Luce to spend the whole of Monday 27 February in Hong Kong and

19 to travel on to Malaysia the same evening. For onward travel

arrangements, flight times mean that The effective choice lies between leaving Hong Kong in mid-afternoon on Monday 27 February,

or delaying departure until the afternoon of the following day. 23 The former is clearly too soon and, subject to your views, Mr Luce

24 has no doubt that he could make effective use of the Tuesday 25 morning for any further meetings. He would therefore plan to

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Mr Luce

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HB Warren-Gash

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