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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

FOR/GOVERNOR

PERSONAL FOR/GOVERNOR FROM PAUL. HKD

OUR TELNO 6: VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG: PROGRAMME 1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

(A)

LAUNCH.

HE IS VERY ATTRACTED BY THE IDEA OF LUNCH ON YOUR

BUT HE HAS CONCLUDED, WITH REGRET, THAT THERE WOULD BE A RISK OF THE PRESS, PARTICULARLY THE UK PRESS, MAKING SOME PLAY WITH THE IDEA OF QUOTE THE FOREIGN SECRETARY GOING BOATING WHILE THOUSANDS FESTER IN THE CAMPS UNQUOTE. HE WONDERS WHETHER IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE LUNCH AT FANLING. HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SWIM IF THIS CAN BE ARRANGED AND TEMPERATURES PERMIT. HE HOPES THAT CBF AND MRS DUFFELL AND SIR A DONALD (WITH LADY DONALD?) CAN BE INCLUDED IN WHATEVER ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE SUNDAY LUNCH:

(B) THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD PREFER THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCH TO BE ON MONDAY 15 JANUARY AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S LUNCH ON 16 JANUARY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS SO THAT HE CAN MAKE HIS SPEECH AT AN EARLIER STAGE IN THE VISIT RATHER THAN AT THE END AND ON THE SAME DAY AS HIS PRESS CONFERENCE:

(C) THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO FIND A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR HIS VISIT TO THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE A SHORT VISIT TO THE JLG OFFICE.

(D) JOSEPH HOTUNG WHOM THE SECRETARY OF STATE KNOWS, WROTE SOME WEEKS AGO OFFERING HIM HOSPITALITY WHEN HE WAS IN HONG KONG. THERE WILL BE NO TIME FOR THIS BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WONDERS IF JOSEPH HOTUNG COULD BE INVITED TO SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S LUNCH:

(E) THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF A MEETING WITH A CROSS SECTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. HE HAS ASKED WHETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE POLICE COULD/SHOULD BE INCLUDED:

(F) THE SECRETARY OF STATE HOPES THAT THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TIME OVER DRINKS BEFORE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCH TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE OUT OF CONVERSATIONAL RANGE AT THE

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I WILL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ABOUT MRS HURD'S WISHES.

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