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Hong Kong Department
13 October 1989
Private Secretary
Mr Gillmore
HONG KONG: PROPOSED CALL BY DR HELMUT SOHMEN
We have percilled in
1415 on 23,
23/10 for
45 minutes.
Problem
1. Dr Helmut Sohmen has asked to call on the Secretary of State during the period 22 to 25 October. How should we respond?
Recommendation
2. I recommend that Mr Maude should agree to receive Dr Sohmen.
Background
A 3. Dr Helmut Sohmen (CV attached) is the son in law of Sir Y K Pao
and a prominent businessman in his own right. He is Managing
Director of Dragon Airlines and Chairman of the World-Wide Shipping
Agency He is also the Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of
Commerce, a highly prestigious and influential body which represents
all the leading commercial interests in Hong Kong. Dr Sohmen was a
member of the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1988 and has remained
a prominent political figure. He and his wife entertained the Prime
Minister whilst she was on holiday in Austria this summer. (The
request for the call on the Secretary of State came via No 10).
4. Dr Sohmen would probably have merited a call on the Secretary for State in normal circumstances but the Secretary for State would
find it almost impossible to see Dr Sohmen on this occasion, since
he only returns from CHOGM on 24/25 October and will be top for
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