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TO PRIORITY PEKING

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08104OZ NOVEMBER 91

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

HONG KONG FOR PS/GH AND POLITICAL ADVISER

FROM RICKETTS, HKD

FAMILIARISATION VISIT

75

1. You were kind enough to suggest when I took up the job that

I would

I should pay an early familiarisation visit to Peking.

very much like to do so and wonder whether it would be

convenient for me to come up for a couple of days after JLG XXI

in Hong Kong. I shall be in Hong Kong for the week 2 December

to attend the JLG. I propose to stay on for Friday 6 December to continue my round of introductory, calls in Hong Kong. The

ALSO Governor has suggested that it would be worthwhile to have a

Look at the development going on in Shenzhen. If William Ehrman

were able to get away on Saturday 7 December, I wonder whether he would be interested in mounting a joint trip with me on that day? If it suited you, I would then propose to come on up to Peking on Sunday 8 December, and spend 9 and 10 December with

you, returning to London on 11 December.

HKD

PF Ricketts

270 2647

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