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Mas lala
022423
MDHOAN 1896
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 545
OF 24170OZ MARCH 92
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM BURNS, AUSS
OVERA
RNOR
2573
TOP COPY Q DIST?
YOUR TELNOS 873 AND 874: DIALOGUE ON FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC MATTERS
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MANY THANKS FOR AGREEING TO OUR VISIT BEGINNING ON 1 APRIL: WE QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES. THE VISIT WILL BE MOST HELPFUL IN ADDRESSING THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN PARA 6 OF YOUR FIRST TUR AND I SHALL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THESE CLEAR TO OUR INTERLOCUTORS IN HONG KONG.
2. I SHALL ARRIVE (WITH COX) ON BA 25 AT 1045 ON 1 APRIL AND SHOULD LIKE TO START WORK ALMOST AT ONCE ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA. IDEALLY THAT DAY I WOULD HOPE TO SEE YOU AND/OR CS, PA, SCA AND UKREP JLG. BROADBENT WILL ARRIVE AT 1730 ON 1 APRIL AND IT WOULD HELP IF WE COULD HOLD OVER ECONOMIC/ FINANCIAL DISCUSSION UNTIL HIS ARRIVAL CHE COULD AT A PINCH ARRIVE BY AN EALIER FLIGHT AT 1430 IF THAT WOULD PROVE MORE CONVENIENT AT YOUR END).
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THEN ON 2 APRIL WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH SESSIONS WITH FS AND S FOR TSY, TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE REST OF OUR WORK. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE WRAP-UP MEETINGS WITH THEM AT THE END OF OUR STAY, PROBABLY ON THE MORNING OF 4 APRIL, THOUGH WE SHOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE OPTION OPEN OF AT LEAST SOME OF US STAYING ON UNTIL 6 APRIL IF THIS SEEMS DESIRABLE. AS YOU SAY, SUBJECT (E) IN SOMETHING OF A CATCH-ALL, AND WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT SHOULD SENSIBLY INCLUDE. WE HAVE IN MIND THE SORT OF MEDIUM-TERM FINANCIAL ISSUES WHICH KY YEUNG AND SELBY DISCUSSED WITH BROADBENT ON HIS LAST VISIT. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A SESSION WITH THEM EARLY ON TO SWOP IDEAS ON THE ISSUES WE MIGHT TALK ABOUT.
4. WE SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SES AND SBTC, BUT I DOUBT THAT WE SHALL HAVE TIME TO VISIT THE AIRPORT SITE. WE SHOULD LIKE TO ADD SMA AND JOSEPH YAM, LEO GOODSTADT AND SOME OF THE OBVIOUS BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC FIGURES WHO MIGHT GIVE US ANOTHER
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