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HONG KONG TEL NO 7 TO YOU: YOUR PROPOSED VISIT TO HONG KONG 1. I NOTE FROM TUR THAT YOU ARE INTENDING TO SEEK AUTHORISATION TO
VISIT HONG KONG BETWEEN 16 AND 19 JUNE.
2.
YOU WILL NOT BE AWARE THAT LORD GLENARTHUR IS PLANNING TO
VISIT HONG KONG BETWEEN 18 AND 22 JUNE. YOU WILL RECALL ONLY TOO
WELL HOW MUCH MEDIA ATTENTION SURROUNDED YOUR SIMULTANEOUS VISITS
TO HONG KONG LAST YEAR. THE HONG KONG PRESS DREW THE CONCLUSION THAT A FRESH INITIATIVE ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WAS BEING PREPARED, AND LORD GLENARTHUR WAS SUBJECTED TO CLOSE QUESTIONING ABOUT REPATRIATION (AMONG OTHER THINGS) AS A RESULT.
3. I REALISE THAT MOST OF YOUR MEETINGS IN HONG KONG WOULD TAKE
PLACE BEFORE LORD GLENARTHUR'S PROGRAMME BEGAN. BUT YOU WOULD
STILL OVERLAP WITH THE MINISTER AND THAT, AND ANY STATEMENTS YOU MADE TO THE PRESS WHILE YOU WERE IN HONG KONG WOULD BE ENOUGH TO FUEL SPECULATION ABOUT ANOTHER SUMMIT'.
WE WOULD PREFER TO AVOID THIS. I SHOULD THEREFORE BE
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD RE-SCHEDULE YOUR PROPOSED VISIT SO AS TO KEEP WELL CLEAR OF LORD GLENARTHUR'S DATES. FOR SIMILAR REASONS
YOU SHOULD ALSO STEER CLEAR OF LATE MAY.
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