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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HANOI

TELNO 218

OF 191055Z JUNE 89

AND TO PRIORITY

HONG KONG

AND TO ROUTINE WASHINGTON

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FROM MCLAREN, AUSS

1.

YOUR TELNO 294 AND HONG KONG TELNO 1986 : VISIT TO HONG KONG

THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE IN HONG KONG ON THE AFTERNOON

OF 2 JULY UNTIL LATE ON 4 JULY. HE WOULD BE CONTENT FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD WITH YOUR OWN PLANS AND WOULD HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SOME

POINT DURING HIS VISIT. THERE COULD INDEED BE SOME PR ADVANTAGE IN SUCH A MEETING, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO ASSUME DURING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S

VISIT.

2. I WILL PURSUE THE SUGGESTION IN YOUR TELNO 305 SEPARATELY.

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