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FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD

89YOUR TELNO 1850: YOUR VISIT TO LONDON

1.

I HAVE LOOKED INTO MINISTERIAL AVAILABILITY DURING YOUR

TIME IN LONDON. BOTH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND MR RENTON WILL

BE IN LONDON AND IN PRINCIPLE WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU. BUT I

AM SURE YOU WILL HAVE REALISED THAT YOUR VISIT WILL COINCIDE WITH

A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS, NOTABLY THE ROYAL WEDDING ON 23 JULY

AND JLG IV ON 22-25 JULY. THE FIRST EVENT MAY PUT SOME

CONSTRAINTS ON MINISTERIAL AVAILABILITY. THE SECOND WILL

INEVITABLY MEAN, I FEAR, THAT DAVID WILSON AND THE DEPARTMENT

WILL BE VERY HEAVILY COMMITTED. BUT SUBJECT TO THAT

QUALIFICATION WE SHALL DO ALL WE CAN TO FIT IN WITH YOUR PLANS.

2. IN ADDITION WE WONDERED WHETHER THERE COULD BE PRESENTATIONAL

COMPLICATIONS, IN HONG KONG TERMS, ARISING FROM THE COINCIDENCE

BETWEEN YOUR CONSULTATIONS IN LONDON AND THE JLG SESSION.

HOWEVER CLEAR IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU ARE PASSING THROUGH EN ROUTE

FROM A VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA ARRANGED LONG IN ADVANCE, WE CAN STILL

FORESEE SPECULATION IN HONG KONG THAT THE JLG WAS DEALING WITH

SUCH SENSITIVE ISSUES THAT MINISTERS REQUIRED YOUR PRESENCE ON

HAND. THE TEMPTATION TO THIS SORT OF SPECULATION WILL BE

PARTICULARLY STRONG IF WE CANNOT RESIST THE INCLUSION ON THE JLG

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REGISTRY

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