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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 2008

OF 301145Z JULY 92

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Minule to Noro drafted & pa: Gorriok

Await No10.

PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD.

FROM GOVERNOR.

VISIT TO LONDON.

066554 MDHIAN 3888

not

HKS 027/1

802.

1. I WOULD LIKE TO PAY A VISIT TO LONDON IN NOVEMBER. BY THEN IT WILL BE SOME FOUR MONTHS SINCE I TOOK UP MY POST HERE AT AT LEAST TWO MONTHS SINCE THE LAST VISIT BY AN FCO MINISTER (MR.GOODLAD AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER). IT MAY ALSO BE USEFUL FOR ME TO DO SOME LOBBYING IN PARLIAMENT ABOUT THE PACKAGE I PROPOSE TO ANNOUNCE IN MY LEGCO ADDRESS ON 7 OCTOBER.

2. BECAUSE OF THE PRINCE OF WALE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG FROM 5-7 NOVEMBER AND A SCHEDULED VISIT TO JAPAN AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE ONLY TIME WHEN I COULD COME WOULD BE IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 9 NOVEMBER OR THE WEEK BEGINNING 16 NOVEMBER. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THIS PERIOD. IF ALL ELSE WERE EQUAL, I WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 9 NOVEMBER.

3. I WOULD PLAN TO BE AWAY FROM HONG KONG FOR A WHOLE WEEK, AND TO SPEND A DAY OR TWO VISITING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS. WHILE IN LONDON, I WOULD AIM TO ATTEND THE TDC BERKELEY DINNER IF THEY CAN ARRANGE IT FOR THAT WEEK.

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