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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1525
OF 13174OZ AUGUST 90
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
118.
YOUR TELNO 2312: INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNION VISIT TO HONG
KONG
1.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE LONDON OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNION (IDU) THAT THE MEETING OF THE IDU FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WHICH WAS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE POSTPONEMENT WAS REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, A GERMAN MP, BECAUSE OF THE LIKELY TIMING OF GERMAN REUNIFICATION AND THE GERMAN ELECTIONS (2 DECEMBER).
2. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SIR JAMES SPICER MP, WHO SAID THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THE VISIT WITH OUR SPECIAL ADVISERS
AND HAD BEEN ASSURED OF MINISTERIAL SUPPORT. THE IDU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE A WIDE RANGING AGENDA AND WOULD CERTAINLY NOT FOCUS PURELY ON HONG KONG. BUT AS THE COMMITTEE WAS MEETING IN HONG KONG, HE HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE A SHORT BRIEFING PROGRAMME FOR THE DELEGATES
AFTER THE IDU MEETING ITSELF.
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