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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM RICKETTS, HKD
VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARIES TO THE FOREIGN AND DEFENCE SECRETARIES
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DAVID MARTIN MP WAS IN TOUCH WITH US THIS WEEK TO TELL US THAT HE HAS BEEN INVITED BY HKG TO VISIT HONG KONG IN EARLY JANUARY, TOGETHER WITH THE DEFENCE SECRETARY'S PPS, ARCHIE MACKAY.
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WE SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE HKGO HERE ARE ARRANGING THEIR PROGRAMME ALONG WHAT SEEMS TO BE VERY SENSIBLE LINES. THIS IS JUST TO MAKE THE OBVIOUS POINT THAT THESE ARE TWO VISITORS WHO WILL CLEARLY REPAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION FROM THOSE CONCERNED AT YOUR END. DAVID MARTIN WILL BE COMING TO SEE ANDREW BURNS AND MYSELF FOR A BRIEFING ON 19 DECEMBER. IF THERE WERE ANY POINTS THE PROGRAMME ORGANISERS WANTED US TO RAISE OR BE AWARE OF THEN, PERHAPS THEY COULD LET US KNOW. DAVID MARTIN WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO VISIT THE BORDER. I SEE THAT THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FIGURES ON HIS PROGRAMME: HE MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED TO VISIT ONE OF THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS SUCH AS LO WU TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVELY THE LARGE FLOW OF DAILY VISITORS TO AND FROM SHENZHEN ARE PROCESSED: AS WELL AS PERHAPS
SOMETHING OF THE LORRY TRAFFIC TO AND FROM CHINA.
3. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AFTER 19 DECEMBER IF MARTIN HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
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