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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM BURNS, AUSS UKREP JLG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY

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I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN JOHN COLES WAS WITH YOU LAST MONTH HE MENTIONED OUR INTEREST IN ARRANGING, DURING THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT HERE IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 27 APRIL, A SUBSTANTIAL SEMINAR-TYPE DISCUSSION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON HONG

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SUCH A DISCUSSION. WE HAVE ALSO MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY TO TONY GALSWORTHY.

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IT NOW TURNS OUT THAT BECAUSE OF OTHER PRESSURES ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROGRAMME THAT WEEK, THERE IS UNLIKELY TO BE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF THIS KIND WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE GOVERNOR WILL PROBABLY HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM INSTEAD. I FEAR THAT THERE WILL NOT, THEREFORE, BE A HONG KONG OCCASION DURING THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT WHICH WOULD JUSTIFY INVITING YOU AND TONY GALSWORTHY TO RETURN. I AM SORRY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE WILL KEEP IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGANISING SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE COURSE OF THE BRIEFING OF A NEW GOVERNOR-DESIGNATE. I THINK THIS MAY BE MORE OF A RUNNER.

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