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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 1616

OF 031815Z SEPTEMBER 90

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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD

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YOUR TELNOS 2513, 2587 AND 2622: VISIT TO HONG KONG OF LORD CAITHNESS

LORD CAITHNESS HAS CONFIRMED THE FOLLOWING POINTS WHICH HE AGREED WITH YOU OVER LUNCH ON 30 AUGUST:

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(A) HE WOULD LIKE TO FIT IN A MEETING WITH CONSERVATIVES ABROAD, PREFERABLY EARLY IN THE PROGRAMME.

(B) HE IS CONTENT TO MEET THE BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OVER DRINKS FROM 1845 TO 1945 ON 20 SEPTEMBER.

(C) HE WOULD LIKE A MEETING WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION (INCLUDING THE POLICE) TO BE ARRANGED FOR THE MORNING OF 20 SEPTEMBER.

(D) HE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT CASTLE PEAK AS PART OF THE HELICOPTER TOUR, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER.

I CONFIRM THAT THE MINISTER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY, ROBERT COURT, ANDREW BURNS AND MYSELF.

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3. WE WILL REVERT LATER IN THE WEEK WITH DETAILS OF

LADY CAITHNESS' PREFERENCES. BUT IN PRINCIPLE SHE WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPANY THE MINISTER ON ALL APPROPRIATE ENGAGEMENTS.

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IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A REVISED PROGRAMME INCORPORATING THE ABOVE POINTS AND ANY OTHER CHANGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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