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ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG TOMORROW, YOU WILL BE MET BY MISS ELSA HANCOCK FROM THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION. GRATEFEUL IF YOU COULD CALL AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT 9.30 AM ON MONDAY 23 MAY.

THE GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU BRIEFLY. WE COULD THEN GO OVER THE PROGRAMME IN DETAIL AND GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE

WILL HAVE DRAFTED.

2. MR. SULLIVAN WILL ALSO BE MET BY BTC WHEN HE ARRIVES ON 23 MAY. WE SUGGEST THAT HE CALLS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT 2.30 PM THAT DAY. THE SPECIAL BRANCH CLOSE ESCORT TEAM IS NOT AVAILABLE THAT DAY BECAUSE OF OTHER COMMITMENTS. WE SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT THE ADC TO THE GOVERNOR SHOULD GO OVER THE PROGRAMME WITH MR. SULLIVAN SHOW HIM GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND TAKE HIM FOR A RECCE TO THE GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE.

3. RECCES TO THE POLYTECHNIC AND CONTAINER PORT HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE MORNING OF 24 MAY, TOGETHER WITH THE SPECIAL BRANCH CLOSE ESCORTS. OTHER VENUES TO BE VISITED BY THE SECRETARY OF

STATE CAN BE SEEN DURING THAT AFTERNOON.

5. GRATEFUL TO KNOW DESKBY 20010OZ IF YOU SEE ANY DIFFICULTIES

WITH THESE ARRANGEMENTS.

WILSON

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