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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 152
OF 300858Z OCTOBER 92
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INFO PRIORITY FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM AMBASSADOR FCO PERSONAL FOR HUM, AUSS
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WHEN YOU WERE HERE I MENTIONED THAT I WAS TENTATIVELY THINKING OF GOING TO HONG KONG IN EARLY DECEMBER. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RETURN TO LONDON FOR CONSULTATIONS DURING YOUR OWN VISIT AND THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES, SUBJECT OF COURSE TO YOUR BRIEF PROGRAMME, FOR US TO TALK THEN. BUT I SHOULD LIKE TO STICK TO THE PLAN TO GO TO HONG KONG. MY BRIEF STOPOVER IN JULY APART, IT IS OVER SIX MONTHS SINCE I WAS THERE. I THINK IT IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, TO KEEP IN TOUCH AND SEE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
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THE ONLY PRESENT WINDOW I CAN SEE IS BETWEEN 4 DECEMBER (WHEN GEOFFREY HOWE'S HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION ARE DUE TO LEAVE PEKING TO GO TO SHANGHAI) AND 9 DECEMBER (WHEN SIR MICHAEL PALLISER ARRIVES IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA-BRITAIN TRADE GROUP. I WONDER IF IT WOULD SUIT YOU IF SUE AND I WERE TO GO TO HONG KONG DURING THAT PERIOD, TRAVELLING DOWN EITHER ON SATURDAY 5 OR SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER, AND RETURNING ON THE AFTERNOON OF 8 OR BY THE FIRST FLIGHT ON 9 DECEMBER ? IF IT IS NOT CONVENIENT, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO SAY SO. I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
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