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members of the business community.

4.

The Secretary of State's visit to the Philippines will be announced at a later date. Manila have advised against an early announcement of this leg of the tour. News Department believe that when announcing the Hong Kong visit it will be possible to deal with. any speculation about whether there would be another leg to the

visit for security reasons.

5.

News Department and SEAD agree.

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