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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM GOVERNOR

BRUSSELS FOR WILLIAMSON

YOUR TELNO 1 : MY VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS : MARCH 1991

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1 I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OFFER OF DINNER ON 13 MARCH AND OF

ACCOMMODATION AT THE RESIDENCE. WE ARE LIKELY TO BE A PARTY OF FOUR: MYSELF, NATASHA, MY PRIVATE SECRETARY AND PATRICK WILLIAMSON. CAN YOU MANAGE ALL OF US? IF NOT, WE CAN EASILY MAKE HOTEL BOOKINGS AS NECESSARY.

2. AS YOU SUGGEST, MY MAIN PRIORITIES WILL BE TO CALL ON THE MFA AND THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS. IF VAN DEN BROEK IS AWAY, SHOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THE MFA'S SECRETARY GENERAL OR POLITICAL DIRECTOR, AS YOU THINK APPROPRIATE. I WOULD PREFER, HOWEVER, NOT TO ASK FOR A CALL ON THE HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY AS THIS WOULD ONLY RAISE UNHEALTHY PRESS SPECULATION. MY NORMAL PRACTICE ELSEWHERE HAS BEEN TO RAISE MATTERS RELATED TO THE GRANTING OF NATIONALITY WITH THE MFA.

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3. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE ABOUT POSSIBLE FORA FOR A SPEECH. HOWEVER, FOR HONG KONG POLITICAL REASONS, I WOULD LIKE TO INVOLVE THE NETHERLANDS-HONG KONG ASSOCIATION. IF YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTRACT A SUITABLE AUDIENCE, ONE ANSWER MIGHT BE TO ASK THEM TO CO-HOST A LUNCH WITH ONE OF THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. PERHAPS PATRICK WILLIAMSON COULD EXPLORE THIS FURTHER IN CONSULTATION WITH YOU ?

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