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YOUR TELNO 1043: VISIT BY MR MAUDE: PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT

MR MAUDE HAS DECIDED THAT IN VIEW OF PRESS SPECULATION, HIS VISIT SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE PROPOSE TO DO THIS AT THE MIDDAY NEWS CONFERENCE HERE ON TUESDAY 27 MARCH. 2.

THE PROPOSED TEXT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE MR FRANCIS MAUDE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS AND MRS MAUDE WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM

APRIL 1990. THIS WILL BE MR MAUDE'S SECOND VISIT TO HONG KONG SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT LAST YEAR UNQUOTE.

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IN RESPONSE TO ANY QUESTIONS, NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE THE LINE THAT THIS IS A ROUTINE VISIT: MR MAUDE PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG ROUGHLY EVERY SIX MONTHS. HIS TALKS WILL COVER THE WHOLE RANGE OF HONG KONG ISSUES.

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