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MDLIAN 1601

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY HANOI

TELNO 17

OF 010936Z JUNE 88

AND TO PRIORITY ECO, PEKING

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-2 JUN 1988

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OUR TELNO 15, HANOI TELNO 25: VISIT BY HMA HANOI

1. UNLESS YOU OR COPY RECIPIENTS HAVE ANY OBJECTION, WE PROPOSE TO ISSUE THE PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE VISIT ON FRIDAY 3 JUNE.

TEXT AS FOLLOWS :

''THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO HANOI, MR EMRYS DAVIES, WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 16 TO 19 JUNE ON HIS WAY TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.

HE WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SENIOR GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS AND LEGCO MEMBERS. HE WILL ALSO TAK TO BUSINESSMEN ABOUT

TRADE WITH VIETNAM.

'MR DAVIES, WHO LAST VISITED HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 1987, WILL STAY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.''

WILSON

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