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10 June 1991

Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe GC MP

House of Commons

LONDON

SW1A OAA

NEID

Chair

private

I intend to hold a small in-house seminar on

Hong Kong on 3 July and would very much welcome it if you were able to join us. Participants will include

Malco Lora Caithness and Sir Percy Cradock, as well as myself

and about half-a-dozen senior Pee officials. We propose to invite a similar number of people from outside the Office, including MPs, academics, journalists and

businessmen with experience of and interest in Hong Kong.

to take a good look

and to examine what problems which we

You

The purpose of this seminar is

at where we now stand in Hong Kong, options we have in dealing with the will face over the next six years. The contribution e£

particularly given you someone like you, who has had experience of dealing with Hong Kong at a crucial point/in its history, would be a great asset.

The seminar will take place at 1 Carlton Gardens from 1000 to 1130 on 3 July.

Douglas Hurd