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TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELNO 329

OF 18093OZ APRIL 88

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

HKB 00711

106715 MDLOAN 5283

HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR

FROM PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG: YOUR TELNOS 674 AND 075

1.

LORD GLENARTHUR WAS MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE HELPFUL

INFORMATION AND PROGRAMME SUGGESTIONS IN TURS.

2.

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ON 22 JUNE HE WOULD PREFER TO LIMIT THE INFORMAL DINNER AT

RESIDENCE TO MEMBERS OF STAFF TO ALLOW FREER DISCUSSION.

PRESUMABLY THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRIEF SESSION

TO DISCUSS HOW TO HANDLE THE TALKS WITH ZHOU NAN?

3.

4.

GIVEN HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR OED, LORD GLENARTHUR WILL BE KEEN TO SEE THE STAFF FLATS AS YOU SUGGEST, AND INDEED ANY BITS OF THE ESTATE THAT TIME ALLOWS.

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5. THE EARLY MORNING STARTS ARE NO PROBLEM AND MUCH BETTER

THAN THE ALTERNATIVES IN PARA 2 OF SECOND TUR. 6.

YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT A SHADOW OF DOUBT NOW HANGS OVER

THE PRECISE DETAILS OF THE TRIP. LORD YOUNG MAY WISH TO VISIT

HONG KONG DURING THE DATES THAT LORD GLENARTHUR HAD INTENDED TO

BE THERE. LORD GLENARTHUR WOULD PROBABLY GIVE WAY. BUT WE WOULD

CERTAINLY TRY TO STICK AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN TO THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHINA, AND SEE WHETHER WE CAN VISIT HONG KONG SUBSEQUENTLY RATHER THAN BEFOREHAND. HE WILL NOT DO ANY CONTINGENCY PLANNING UNTIL LORD YOUNG'S PLANS BECOME CLEARER, HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.

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