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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 563

OF 151130Z MARCH 90

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3 APR 1990

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

PERSONAL FOR PS/GOVERNOR FROM PS/MR MAUDE

VISIT BY MR MAUDE TO HONG KONG: 6-11 APRIL

1.

AS THE GOVERNOR KNOWS, MR MAUDE HAS HAD IT IN MIND FOR SOME TIME TO VISIT HONG KONG TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL. I EXPLAINED

TO YOU LAST WEEK THAT THE REVISED TIMING OF MR LLOYD'S VISIT AND MR MAUDE'S LIKELY PARLIAMENTARY COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATIONALITY BILL WOULD PROBABLY MEAN THAT MR MAUDE WOULD HAVE TO BRING FORWARD HIS PLANS. HE NOW PROPOSES TO VISIT THE TERRITORY FROM 6-11 APRIL. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MRS MAUDE, ALAN PAUL AND MYSELF. WE ASSUME THERE IS NO NEED FOR A PRESS OFFICER TO COME OUT FROM LONDON, NOW THAT CHRIS OSBORNE IS IN POST. 2. IF THE GOVERNOR SEES NO PROBLEM WITH THESE DATES, FLIGHT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:

DEP LONDON (GATWICK)

FRI 6 APRIL 1800 HRS FLIGHT CX250

ARR HONG KONG SAT 7 APRIL 1400 HRS

DEP HONG KONG WED 11 APR 2250 FLIGHT BA28

ARR LONDON (HEATHROW) THUR 12 APRIL 0535 HRS.

3. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD TELEGRAPH YOUR PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON A PROGRAMME FOR MR MAUDE. THE MAIN CALLS WOULD BE ON 9, 10, AND 11 APRIL. MR MAUDE WOULD BE GLAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX ON THE AFTERNOON HE ARRIVES AND ON SUNDAY, PERHAPS SEEING SOMETHING OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

4.

WE WOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR MRS MAUDE'S PROGRAMME, BEARING IN MIND THAT SHE IS AN ARCHITECT. SHE WOULD BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO SEE THE NEW HONG KONG

AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING.

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