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DESKBY 190100Z HONG KONG AND PEKING

FM FCO 181613Z APR 85

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 540 OF 18 APRIL

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

MR LUCE'S TRAVEL PLANS

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AS YOU KNOW MR LUCE IS PROPOSING TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG AND

CHINA FROM 16 26 SEPTEMBER. DAVID AKERS-JONES ON 16 SEPTEMBER

SUGGESTED TO MR LUCE THAT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF HE COULD BE

IN HONG KONG FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

ON 30 OCTOBER.

2. THE IDEA APPEALS HERE. THERE ARE SOME DIFFICULTIES, BUT A

RESCHEDULING OF BOTH HONG KONG AND CHINA VISITS BETWEEN 28

OCTOBER AND 6 NOVEMBER MAY BE POSSIBLE. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU

SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL THAT MR LUCE SHOULD RESCHEDULE HIS VISIT AS-

PROPOSED, AND ALSO TO KNOW IF THE AMBASSADOR ENVISAGES ANY

PROBLEMS WITH THE CHINESE WITH THE NEW TIMING.

3.

BECAUSE OF THE IMMINENCE OF A MINISTERIAL VISITS COMMITTEE,

GRATEFUL FOR REPLIES DESKBY 191200Z.

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PS/MR LUCE

SIR W HARDING

DR WILSON

HKK 027/6

RECCIVED IN MEGISTRY

19 APR 1985

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