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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 875
OF 281515Z MAY 92
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PERSONAL FOR PS/GH FROM PS/MR PATTEN
PROGRAMME FOR NEW GOVERNOR
1.
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR FAX OF 21 MAY WITH THE DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR THE FIRST MONTH. MR PATTEN WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO ASSEMBLING THESE INTERESTING PROPOSALS.
2. FIRST, HE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO ACCEPT THE KIND INVITATION FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND LADY FORD FOR A QUIET DINNER ON 10 JULY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE FIRST EVENING, 9 JULY, DINING EN FAMILLE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE CON CHINESE FOOD!). WOULD ALSO BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE DINNER WITH THE BRANCH SECRETARIES AT VICTORIA HOUSE ON 17 JULY.
HE
3. MR PATTEN QUITE RECOGNISES THAT HE SHOULD NOT AIM FOR SO HEAVY AN INITIAL SCHEDULE THAT THERE IS NO ROOM TO FIT IN OTHER EVENTUALITIES. NEVERTHELESS HE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A LITTLE MORE THAN CURRENTLY PROPOSED, IE:
(A) BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAW AND ORDER ISSUE HE WOULD LIKE AN EARLY QUOTE ACTE DE PRESENCE UNQUOTE WITH THE POLICE, SOMETHING WITHOUT TOO MUCH FORMALITY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE A LUNCH IN A POLICE MESS ON 10 JULY (OR IF PREFERABLE 13 JULY)?
(B) HE WOULD LIKE YOU AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH HIM IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE (THE PRIVATE SECRETARIES AND SECRETARIES AND THE PA) WITH SPOUSES AND CHILDREN, TO HAVE A DRINK WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY ON 10, 11 OR 12 JULY, WHICHEVER YOU THINK MOST SUITABLE.
(C) HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE KEY ADVISERS ON CHINA RELATIONS, MICHAEL SZE, WILLIAM EHRMAN AND TONY GALSWORTHY EARLIER THAN PROPOSED. ONE POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO ASK THEM TO SEE HIM DURING THE FIRST WEEK, OR HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM TO SUPPER ON SUNDAY, 12 JULY.
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