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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 423

OF 17123OZ MAY 88

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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HKB 027/1

023077 MDHOAN 6165

FROM PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

FCO TELNO 406: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT

1. I AM SORRY THAT OUR ABSENCE IN NEW ZEALAND HAS DELAYED REPLIES TO YOUR TELNO 870 AND HONG KONG TELNOS 1745 AND 1746. 2. FOR PEKING. LORD GLENARTHUR IS HAPPY WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROVINCIAL TRAVEL SET OUT IN FCO TELNO 1149 TO HONG KONG. BRITISH AIRWAYS HERE ARE HAVING TROUBLE IDENTIFYING FLIGHTS AND SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU TO BOOK ALL THE INTERNAL FLIGHTS LOCALLY. AMONG OTHER GAPS, THEY CANNOT IDENTIFY A FLIGHT FROM GUANGZHOU TO HONG KONG AT 1100 ON WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE: THEIR ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTION, LEAVING AT 0940, SEEMS TO ALLOW INADEQUATE TRANSFER TIME IN GUANGZHOU. GRATEFUL FOR

CLARIFICATION IN DUE COURSE.

3. WEI YUMING, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA WORLD TRADE CENTRE, HAS WKITTEN TO THANK LORD GLENARTHUR FOR RECEIVING HIM IN LONDON AND TO OFFER TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON AN INSPECTION TOUR OF THE PROJECT SITE. WE HAVE SENT A NON-COMMITTAL HOLDING REPLY BUT WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP BEFORE TOO LONG. LORD GLENARTHUR IS NOT

(NOT) PARTICULARLY WEDDED TO THE IDEA.

4.

FOR HONG KONG. LORD GLENARTHUR IS MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE REVISED DRAFT PROGRAMME IN YOUR TELNO 1746. IT SEEMS TO HIM ADMIRABLE. HIS ONLY QUERY IS TO ASK WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE A SLIGHTLY LONGER GAP BETWEEN THE VISIT TO THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE OMELCO MEETING/DINNER ON 30 JUNE. HE WONDERS WHETHER IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THIS BY HAVING PRE-DINNER DRINKS WITH OMELCO RATHER THAN A MORE FORMAL SESSION.

5. NAMES OF THOSE LORD GLENARTHUR HOPES WILL ATTEND DRINKS ON WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

6.

UNLESS YOU ADVISE OTHERWISE, WE WOULD LEAVE HONG KONG ON CX251 AT 2255 ON FRIDAY 1 JULY.

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