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YOUR TELNO 002 VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

1. MANY THANKS FOR THE ADVICE IN TUR.

2. WE HAVE GIVEN FURTHER THOUGH TO HOW THE VISIT MIGHT BEST BE ORGANISED. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE NEW ZEALAND COMMISSIONER THAT I WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE INVITED TO BE A GUEST OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT. THE COMMISSIONER ALSO GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO BE THE PRINCIPAL POINT OF CONTACT ON THE VISIT, ALTHOUGH HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WOULD NEED TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH YOU AS THE PROGRAMME DEVELOPS. WOULD YOU BE CONTENT TO PROCEED ON THIS BASIS ?

3. WE HAVE IN ANY CASE PASSED THE IDEAS IN TUR AND YOUR TELNO 6 OF 1990 TO THE NEW ZEALAND COMMISSIONER.

4. I ACCEPT WITH THANKS YOUR KIND OFFER OF DINNER ON 16 MAY. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE GUIDED BY YOU ON THE GUEST LIST, BUT WOULD OBVIOUSLY WELCOME THE CHANCE TO MEET A CROSS-SECTION OF POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN DEVELOPING REGIONAL CO-OPERATION.

5. I AM ALSO MOST GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR OFFER OF ACCOMMODATION AT THE RESIDENCE AND TO JOHN HOLDING FOR HIS OFFER TO HOST A LUNCH IN AUCKLAND. ON BOTH, I THINK WE HAD BETTER WAIT A LITTLE TO SEE WHAT THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS IN MIND. WITH THE SAME PROVISO, WE WILL ALSO ACCEPT IN PRINCIPLE THE HKSB'S OFFER OF A DINNER IN AUCKLAND.

6. I AM INCLINED TO THINK I SHOULD GIVE TWO SPEECHES, ON THE LINES YOU SUGGEST : A POLITICAL THEME IN WELLINGTON AND A MORE BUSINESS-ORIENTED ONE IN AUCKLAND. BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THESE MIGHT BE FITTED IN. THE EARLY EVENING PLATFORM WHICH YOU SUGGEST THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MIGHT OFFER 9YOUR TELNO 6 OF 1990) COULD PRESUMABLY TAKE PLACE AFTER OUR

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