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Mr Meyer, News Department

VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG: 29-31 MAY: BRIEFING

1. I submit our proposed list of briefs for the Secretary of State. I should be grateful for your confirmation that we should prepare

briefing on this basis. Each brief will have as its cover sheet

an abbreviated check-list of points to make.

2. In addition to the substantive briefs and the separate folder

of background briefs, we plan to submit a folder of relevant background papers (recent Hansard extracts on Hong Kong, relevant

speeches etc).

3. We are aiming to submit a full set of briefs in final form on

Friday 20 May, for the weekend box. The Secretary of State's speech will need earlier treatment, and I shall submit a first draft by

the end of this week.

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Lady Howe will have her own full set of briefs, supplemented

by additional personality notes (where appropriate) and by fuller

background information on Hong Kong.

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