TNAG-1301-FCO40-1657-Visits-by-Richard-Luce--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Co-1984 — Page 61

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TO PRIORITY FCO

HKK 027/12

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

TELEGRAM NUMBER 334 OF 9 FEBRUARY 1994

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

FOR CLIFT HKD FROM GOVERNOR

27 FEB 1984

REGISTRY!

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DESK OFFICER

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BEITER

1. IT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT

FOR ME TO BE IN HONG KONG DURING JULY AND AUGUST

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I COULD NOT THEN LEAVE HONG KONG

BEFORE MID OCTOBER BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO PREPARE MY ANNUAL

LEGCO ADDRESS.

2. IN ORDER TO GET IN AT LEAST SOME LEAVE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, I NOW PROPOSE TO TRY TO FIT IN TWO WEEKS AT THE END

OF MAY (HOPEFULLY BETWEEN TWO SESSIONS IN PEKING) WITH A FURTHER

COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THE AUTUMN. THE DATES I HAVE IN MIND FOR MAY

ARE 12 TO 26 MAY, THE SPECIFIC DATES BEING SUBJECT TO THE PEKING

SESSIONS.

3. IN A SEPARATE TELEGRAM WE SHALL BE SUGGESTING THAT THE BEST

TIME FOR THE MARCH SESSION OF THE TALKS IN PEKING WOULD BE I

MARCH 14/15. THIS WOULD MEAN CANCELLING MY PLANNED VISIT TO

LONDON IN THAT WEEK. EVEN IF THERE IS NO MEETING IN PEKING, THE

PACE OF PREPARATIONS OF PAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IS SUCH THAT

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER FOR ME TO BE HERE AT THAT TIME.

4. EVERYTHING IS OF COURSE CONTINGENT ON DEVELOPMENTS BUT, SUBJECT TO THAT, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU

SEE ANY OBJECTION TO MY PLANS.

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HO/HKD

MR DONALD

COPIES TO:

SIR PERCY CRADOCK

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