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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 27084OZ NOV 84

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HKK

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RECEIVED REGISTRY

2 8 NOV 1984

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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3617 OF 27 NOVEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

£148

29/11

YOUR TELNO 2348: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROGRAMME.

1. WE WILL ARRANGE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ATTEND A MEETING OF EXCO ON THE AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY 20 DECEMBER, WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER IS ON A DISTRICT VISIT.

2. WE DO NOT THING A FURTHER MEETING WITH UMELCO IS NECESSARY. HOWEVER, WE ADVISE AGAINST A VISIT TO CASTLE PEAK FOR LUNCH WITH LORD KADOOR IE. THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION HAS FEATURED PROMINENT- LY IN THE PROGRAMMES OF VISITING MINISTERS IN RECENT YEARS, AND ON THIS OCCASION A WIDER INTERNATIONAL/HONG KONG DIMENSION WOULD BE BETTER.

3. FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE MORNING OF 21 DECEMBER, WE WOULD SUGGEST A TOUR OF THE HARBOUR BY BOAT, TOGETHER WITH LADY HOWE IF SHE WISHES, TO SEE AND BE BRIEFED ON EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE HARBOUR. OUR MAIN DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN THE EARLY 1990S LIE AROUND THE HARBOUR AND IN THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTAINER TERMINAL. THE GOVERNOR SUGGESTS THAT HE THEN HOSTS A LUNCH AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET OVERSEAS BUSINESSMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM HONG KONG'S MAJOR TRADING PARTINERS AND THE MAIN OVERSEAS INVESTORS.

4. AS REGARDS LADY HOWE'S PROGRAMME, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 20 DECEMBER SHE MIGHT VISIT TAI TAM CORRECT- IONAL INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME FOR HER APRIL VISIT, BUT WAS DROPPED BECAUSE OF THE LATER DEPARTURE FROM PEKING.

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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HD/HKD

ADI PROTOCOLD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)

PS

PSAR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE KR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE

SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195

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