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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 08113OZ FCO

TELNO 548

OF 08105OZ FEBURARY 88

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MY TELNO 73: MY VISIT TO LONDON

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THERE HAS BEEN SOME SPECULATION IN TODAY'S PRESS ABOUT THE TIMING

OF MY NEXT VISIT TO LONDON. I ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM SELWYN ALLEYNE

THAT CHATHAM HOUSE WERE PLANNING TO ISSUE A NOTE ABOUT MY TALK

AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.

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2. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES I SEE MERIT IN MAKING AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT

OF THE VISIT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INFORM EXCO TOMORROW BEFORE

MY ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE.

3. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:

QUOTE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT LONDON FROM 20-23 MARCH. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF REGULAR

CONTACTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND FCO MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS.

HIS LAST VISIT TO LONDON WAS FROM 24-28 OCTOBER 1987 UNQUOTE.

4. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, WE WILL SAY THAT THE VISIT IS

A ROUTINE ONE TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF CURRENT INTEREST. THESE WILL

PROBABLY INCLUDE PROGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT

DECLARATION AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

5. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS DESKBY 090030Z.

WILSON

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