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CONFIDENTIAL
CM CANBERRA 9303057 APP 34
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 239 OF 2 APRIL
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG PEKING TOKYO
MP HAYDEN IN HONG KONG
1. LAURIE, HEAD OF THE EUROPE, AMERICAS AND NORTH ASIA DIVISION IN THE DFA, HAS JUST INFORMED US THAT MR HAYDEN WILL BE IN HONG KONG FROM THE AFTERNOON OF 18 APRIL TO LATE EVENING ON 19 APRIL ON HIS WAY BACK FROM AN ESCAP MEETING IN TOKYO. HE HAS NOTED THAT YOU WILL ALSO BE IN HONG KONG AT THAT TIME AFTER YOUR VISIT TO PEKING AND WE HAVE ASKED TO CONVEY THAT HE WILL BE AT YOUR DISPOSAL SHOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO MEET HIM. LAURIE STRESSED THAT MR HAYDEN IS NOT ASKING FOR A MEETING BECAUSE HE FULLY APPRECIATES THE PRESSURES YOU WILL PE UNDER AT THAT TIME AND DOES NOT WISH TO ADD TO THEM.
2. ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEAR THAT MP HAYDEN WILL WELL UNDERSTAND IF YOU FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET HIM, I AM EQUALLY SURE THAT HE WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD FIND TIME TO DO SO PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S CLOSE
INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
MASON
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MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
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