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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 336
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HKB 026/9
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15 NOV 1990
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, TOKYO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM HEAP
YOUR TELNO 1946 AND HONG KONG TELNO 3086′ : PROPOSED VISITS OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY/TRANSPORT
1. ADMINISTRATIVELY WE COULD PROBABLY COPE WITH VISITS BY BOTH MR LILLEY AND MR PARKINSON IN THE FIRST HALF OF JANUARY, BUT NOT WITHOUT DIFFICULTY GIVEN OUR LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE CLOSENESS TO THE HOLIDAY PERIOD WHICH WILL NO DOUBT MAKE APPOINTMENTS MORE DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE. IF HOWEVER BOTH MINISTERS WERE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE PADS PROJECT THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE WOULD BE SOME QUITE HEAVY DUPLICATION IN THEIR PROGRAMMES WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE TEDIOUS FOR THOSE THEY SHOULD MEET. IF BOTH WERE TO COME AT THAT TIME THEN IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE THAT EACH VISIT WAS KEPT FAIRLY SHORT. ON BALANCE HOWEVER I AGREE THAT IT
MIGHT BE WELL TO SPACE THEM.
2. WE HAVE NO PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES WITH EITHER SETS OF DATES, AND 14-15 JANUARY FOR A VISIT BY MR LILLEY RAISES NO PROBLEMS.
3. I CONFIRM (PARA 2 OF SECOND TUR) THAT WE TOO WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE MR LILLEY IF HE SO CHOSE.
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