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MDTTAN 3513

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OCTOBER 91

FOR MR R BARNETT

FROM MISS E L WILLIAMS HKD

THE HONG KONG GOVERNOR'S

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VISIT TO GERMANY: JANUARY 1992

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YOU ASKED FOR GUIDANCE ON SECURITY FOR THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT

TO GERMANY IN JANUARY 1992.

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THE GOVERNOR IS NOT GIVEN ANY POLICE PROTECTION WHILE IN

THE UK AND DOES NOT BRING HIS PROTECTION OFFICER FROM HONG KONG WITH HIM. AS REGARDS THE THREAT TO HIM IN GERMANY, I HAVE MADE A PRELIMINARY CONSULTATION WITH BOX 500 (SCD REFERRED ME TO THEM). AT THIS STAGE, THEY WOULD ASSESS THE THREAT TO THE GOVERNOR AS LOW, AS LONG AS THE VISIT IS SHORT, CONTROLLED AND WELL-MANAGED. BOX 500 NORMALLY PROVIDE THREAT ASSESSMENTS FOR OUTWARD VISITORS ONLY. WE DO NOT COMMISSION THREAT ASSESSMENTS WHEN HE VISITS THE UK AND DOUBT THAT WE NEED TO DO SO WHEN HE VISITS BONN, UNLESS YOU KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY HIS SECURITY SHOULD BE AN ISSUE THERE.

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IN SUM, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE WITH THE GERMAN POLICE FOR THE VISIT TO BONN. THERE SHOULD BE PRECEDENTS. YOU MIGHT LIKE TO CHECK WHAT ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THE GOVENOR'S PREVIOUS VISITS TO GERMANY.

SIGNED MISS E L WILLIAMS

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