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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VISIT

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THE PUS WILL BE APPEARING BEFORE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON 3 MAY TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF ISSUES ARISING FROM OUR MEMORANDA ON THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE WHITE PAPER AND THE SUPPLY ESTIMATES. THE CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY GIVEN US A LIST OF ISSUES THE COMMITTEE ARE LIKELY TO DISCUSS WHICH STRAY BEYOND THE SUBJECTS COVERED BY OUR MEMORANDA. THE CLERK HAS SAID THAT HE MAY GET IN TOUCH WITH US SHORTLY AFTER THE COMMITTEE'S RETURN FROM HONG KONG AND PEKING TO WARN US OF ANY FURTHER ISSUES THE COMMITTEE MAY WISH TO RAISE AT THE HEARING ON 3 MAY. 2. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE MAY INCLUDE ISSUES ARISING DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMITTEE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG AND PEKING. WITH THIS IN MIND, WE WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE AN EARLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SUBJECTS WHICH SEEMED TO BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE BRIEFING FOR THE PUS. (WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE EVIDENCE SESSIONS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WE WILL BE OF COURSE STUDYING CAREFULLY).

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MR BLATHERWICK

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