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HKB 026/34
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2- JAN 1991 TOP COPY
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FM BTC HONG KONG
INDEX
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 406
OF 18120OZ DECEMBER 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2379 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNOS 3704 AND 3743: VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS
OUR VIEWS ON THE MEDIA ASPECT OF THE VISIT HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY OVERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNOR'S SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH LORD CAITHNESS TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAMME. THERE ARE ONE OR TWO SMALL POINTS THAT OCCUR TO US.
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IF LORD CAITHNESS'S SPEECH TO THE COMMUNITY LUNCH ON 1 FEBRUARY IS TO BE THE MAIN MEDIA FUNCTION THEN PERHAPS THE AUDIENCE MIGHT BE A MIXED ONE, INCLUDING MEDIA AND BUSINESSMEN (PRESUMABLY THERE IS AN ERROR IN PARA 2(A) OF HONG KONG TELNO 3742 AND THAT THE REFERENCE SHOULD BE TO THE SPEECH NOT BEING TO ''JUST'' A BUSINESS AUDIENCE).
WE ALSO HOPE THAT THE PRESS WOULD BE INVITED TO THE TAI A CHAU VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CENTRE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HMG CONTRIBUTED TO THE COST.
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THERE IS A SMALL DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT I SHOULD GIVE A LUNCH ON 31 JANUARY. I AM IN FACT SUPPOSED TO BE PARTICIPATING THAT DAY IN A BIRMINGHAM TRADE AND INVESTMENT PRESENTATION AT 12 PM FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH, WITH THE LORD MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM PRESENT, AND WHERE I AM TO GIVE A SHORT SPEECH. OF COURSE GIVING A LUNCH TO LORD CAITHNESS WOULD TAKE PRIORITY CAND I WOULD HOPE THAT MY DEPUTY, IF HE IS IN POST BY THEN, COULD TAKE ON THE BIRMINGHAM EVENT) BUT I WILL DISCUSS HERE WHETHER THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING THE DATE. I WOULD NOT NORMALLY EXPECT TO CONFINE THOSE PRESENT EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BRITISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALTHOUGH OF COURSE BRITISH BUSINESS WOULD BE STRONGLY REPRESENTED.
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