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YOUR TELNO 7: VISIT OF AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION POLITICIANS
1 WILLIAM EHRMAN WILL BE OTHERWISE ENGAGED ON THE EVENING OF 19 SEPTEMBER BUT I SHOULD BE HAPPY TO INVITE FISCHER, HILL AND TEAGUE FOR A LATE SUPPER WHERE WE COULD DISCUSS HONG KONG/CHINA. BY ALL MEANS OFFER THIS IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE WELCOMED.
2. THE LOGISTICS WILL BE SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CONSULATE-GENERAL HERE THAT TEAGUE AND HILL WILL BE STAYING AT THE GRAND HOTEL, KOWLOON, BUT THAT FISCHER IS STAYING PRIVATELY. AS YOUR TELNO 6 NOTED, FISCHER AND TEAGUE ARRIVE AT 1805 AND HILL NOT UNTIL 2000. WHEN AND WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET, THEREFORE, IS CRUCIAL. PERHAPS THE SIMPLEST THING WOULD BE FOR ME TO SAY I WILL MEET THEM IN THE GRAND HOTEL AT 2100. I CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPER AT A NEARBY RESTAURANT.
3. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THEY WISH TO TAKE THIS UP. OBVIOUSLY I WILL NOT BE IN THE LEAST OFFENDED IF THEY DO NOT.
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