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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 261600Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2348 OF 26 NOVEMBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: SECRETARY OF STATE'S
PROGRAMME.
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL NOT ACCOMPANY THE PRIME MINSITER
TO WASHINGTON. HE WILL FLY DIRECTLY BACK TO LONDON, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE FCO PARTY, ON FLIGHT BR 381, LEAVING HONG KONG AT
2050 ON 21 DECEMBER.
2.
THIS GIVES US SOME EXTRA LATITUDE IN ARRANGING THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROGRAMME. HE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A
MEETING OF EXCO WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER IS ON THE DISTRICT VISIT (YOUR TELNO 3434). THIS WOULD BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF
THEM ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S CONVERSATIONS IN PEKING. ON
21 DECEMBER HE WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE ANY ENGAGEMENT IN THE
AFTERNOON. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING, AFTER THE PRESS
CONFERENCE AND THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTURE, WE SHOULD WELCOME
YOUR SUGGESTIONS. WE ARE INCLINED TO THINK THAT A FURTHER
MEETING WITH UMELCO WOULD NOT SERVE ANY VERY USEFUL PURPOSE. ONE
POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT TAKE UP
LORD KADOORIE'S INVITATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER TO LUNCH AT
CASTLE PEAK (ALTHOUGH WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS WOULD BE NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BRIEF MEETING PROPOSED BETWEEN LORD KADOORIE
AND THE PRIME MINISTER). WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECRETARY
OF STATE MIGHT BE PREPARED TO TAKE THIS ON SO LONG AS IT WOULD NOT
CUT TOO FAR INTO HIS AFTERNOON.
3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS LIKELY TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY HOWE.
WHERE HER ENGAGEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, WE DO NOT SEE
VERY MUCH SCOPE FOR SEPARATE VISITS IN SUCH A SHORT PROGRAMME.
BUT IF YOU HAD ANY PARTICULAR SUGGESTIONS FALLING WITHIN HER
AREAS OF INTEREST (WHICH ARE KNOWN TO YOU) WE WOULD BE READY TO
PUT THESE FORWARD. POSSIBLE SLOTS MIGHT BE THE EARLY AFTERNOON
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