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CONFIDENTIAL

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 1647

OF 061115Z SEPTEMBER 90

PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD

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YOUR TELNO 2670: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LORD CAITHNESS

1.

THE ANSWERS TO THE POINTS RAISED IN TUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) I QUITE UNDERSTAND THE ACCOMMODATION DIFFICULTY AT FANLING LODGE AND WOULD BE PERFECTLY WILLING TO BASE MYSELF AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ALTHOUGH I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, IF CONVENIENT, TO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST SOME OF THE WEEKEND

ACTIVITIES.

(B) LORD CAITHNESS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TWO OR THREE SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE GURKHA FIELD FORCE, WITH THEIR WIVES, OVER LUNCH ON 16 SEPTEMBER.

(C) ADVICE ON THIS WILL FOLLOWS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

(D) IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL TO HAVE ADVICE ON SUBJECTS LIKELY TO BE RAISED AT MEETINGS WITH EXCO AND OMELCO ON 18 SEPTEMBER. THE SOONER YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS THE BETTER.

(E) I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO

MEET TONY GALSWORTHY AND WILLIAM EHRMAN ON THE EVENING OF 19 SEPTEMBER, PERHAPS OVER A VERY INFORMAL MEAL.

SO IAM SURE WOULD ROBERT COURT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS.

LORD CAITHNESS IS CONTENT WITH THE REVISED TIMING OF DRINKS WITH THE BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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