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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 415

OF 21110OZ MAY 92

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030162 MDHOAN 4763

STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR SIR ROBIN MCLAREN

FROM SIR JOHN COLES, DUSS

POSSIBLE MEETING WITH MR PATTEN: (YOUR TELELETTER OF 14 MAY)

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I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH MR PATTEN. HE VERY MUCH WANTS TO SEE YOU AND WOULD LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN AT A TIME AND PLACE CONVENIENT TO YOU. I SAID THAT IN THAT CASE I THOUGHT YOU WOULD PROBABLY OPT FOR THE HONG KONG ALTERNATIVE. IF YOU SO DECIDE, YOU MAY WANT TO LET GOVERNMENT HOUSE THERE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY CAN BLOCK OFF A TIME. DO SAY THAT MR PATTEN HAS BEEN CONSULTED THROUGH ME.

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AS TO HIS FIRST VISIT TO PEKING, MR PATTEN'S PRESENT INCLINATION IS TO DO THIS SOME TIME AFTER HIS LEGCO ADDRESS IN OCTOBER BUT HE WILL WANT TO GIVE FURTHER THOUGHT TO THIS AND I IMAGINE HE MAY WISH TO DISCUSS WITH YOU WHEN YOU MEET.

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