TNAG-2355-FCO40-3426-Visit-by-Douglas-Hurd--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Co-1991 — Page 146

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MDHOAN 0123

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 517

OF 191815Z MARCH 91

HKD 026/9

AND TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG

26/1

22 MARJUG

FICER

PA

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

TOP COPY Q DIST? Enter

FROM PAUL, HKD

THE HAGUE TELNO 103 AND BTC TELNO 93: VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG AND CHINA

1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS APPROVED THE PROGRAMME SET OUT IN FIRST TUR, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

2.

A) DINNER ON THE FIRST DAY: HE WOULD LIKE TO AIM FOR A BROADER CROSS SECTION OF HONG KONG LIFE AND INCLUDE SPOUSES. AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL MEET EXCO THE NEXT MORNING (AND SEE THEM ON THE OUTWARD HONG KONG LEG) THOSE SHOULD NOT ALSO DOMINATE THE DINNER.

B) ON THE FIRST AFTERNOON, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD PREFER TO STRETCH HIS LEGS, RATHER THAN TAKE A HELICOPTER TRIP.

C) ON THE AFTERNOON OF 9 APRIL, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL WANT AN HOUR, LIKEWISE, TO STRETCH HIS LEGS.

D) WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE VISIT OF THE JLG OFFICE TO BE SWITCHED WITH THE MEETING WITH THE CBF ON PATROL CRAFTS? (THE THOUGHT HERE IS THAT THIS WILL GIVE GALSWORTHY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE BEFORE HE VISITS CHINA).

E) (FOR HEAP) GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR.

HONG KONG TELNO 839: WE WILL CONSULT THE SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT THE POINTS YOU RAISE AND REVERT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HURD

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