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SIR PETER MIDDLETON, PERMANENT SECRETARY, TREASURY 130U-1430 LUNCH AT HKGO WITH MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
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DEPART FOR AIRPORT (BY GATWICK EXPRESS FROM VICTORIA?) DEPART FOR HONG KONG BY FLIGHT BR 382 FROM GATWICK.
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MESSRS GEORGE GOVAN AND JEREMY BROWN OF HKTAG HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME DURING YOUR SHORT VISIT WE HAVE TOLD DTI, WHO PASSED THE MESSAGE, THAT YOU HAVE A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE BUT WE WOULD PASS THEIR MESSAGE TO YOU. YOU COULD, IF YOU WISH, SEE THEM ON THE MORNING OF 23 MARCH, OR INVITE THEM TO CALL ON YOU AT YOUR HOTEL ONE EVENING.
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SIR ERIC SHARP HAS ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SEEING YOU BUT, RECOGNISING THAT YOUR PROGRAMME IS ALREADY VERY FULL, WOULD BE CONTENT TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL YOUR NEXT VISIT, AS HE HAS NOTHING PRESSING TO DISCUSS ON THIS OCCASION.
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SIR B CUBBON, HOME OFFICE SIR P MIDDLETON, TREASURY
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