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- 6 MAY 1986

PERSONAL FOR HUM, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR

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MY VIRST TO LONDON.

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1. 41 WHLL NEED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY VISIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ONCE MINISTERS HAVE AGREED TO HIT, IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURB ANY TENDENCY FOR THE LOCAL MEDIA TO PORTRAY IT AS HAVING SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE.

2. THE ANNOUNCEMENT MIGHT BE ON THE FOLLOWING LINES :-

**THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL WISHT LONDON FROM 13-18 MAY. THIS WISHT WILL BE ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF HMS REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH MINISTERS AND SENHOR OFFICIALS ON MATTERS OF CURRENT INTEREST. THE GOVERNOR LAST VISITED LONDON IN FEBRUARY.' (THMS FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AS THAT FOR THE FEBRUARY WISHT. MY TELNO 234)).

3. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, WE WOULD SAY THAT MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE PROGRESS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOHNT DECLARATION (INCLUDING PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIMAISON GROUP IN LONDON IN JULY), THE QUEEN'S WIGHT TO HONG KONG IN OCTOBER AND THE FORTHCOMING MFA NEGOTIATIONS.

4. IN WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY DIFFICULTY IN THIS. WE WOULD OF COURSE LET YOU AND PEKING KNOW ON ADVANCE WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE MADE.

5. YOU WILL NO DOUBT REPEAT TO PEKING YOUR TEL. ON MY VISHT WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE REASON FOR IT.

YOUDE

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