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OUR TELNO 2123: VISIT OF LORD CAITHNESS

1. MIFT CONTAINS AN UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT TO HONG KONG.

2. MR CHARLES MACKAY'S OFFICE HAVE TOLD US THAT THE MINISTER ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH MR MACKAY WHEN HE SAW HIM IN THE UK ON 6 JULY. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION. WE HAVE PROVISIONALLY INCLUDED A MEETING AT 12.15 PM ON 22 JULY AS THE MINISTER HAS A FULL PROGRAMME IN THE AFTERNOON AND MR MACKAY WILL BE LEAVING FOR THE UK THAT EVENING.

3. FOR THE VISIT TO A BRITISH FIRM ON 26 JULY, BTC HAS SUGGESTED THE CABLE AND WIRELESS'S SATELLITE EARTH STATION AT STANLEY. THIS

HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROGRAMME.

4. WE ASSUME THAT PETER TIBBER AND NIGEL COX WILL ACCOMPANY LORD

CAITHNESS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME. WOULD ANDREW BURNS BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE MINISTER FOR ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS?

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