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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 31113OZ FCO TELNO 307

OF 311012Z JANUARY 92

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CONFIDENTIAL

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1 FEB 192

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YOUR TELNO 141: LORD CAITHNESS'S VISIT TO HONG KONG.

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053156 MDHIAN 1409

1. WE ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED THAT LORD CAITHNESS SHOULD MEET THE LEGCO ''INDEPENDENTS'' BECAUSE THEY WERE A REASONABLY COHESIVE GROUP WHO MET FROM TIME TO TIME. WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NO LONGER SO. THAT BEING THE CASE, I SEE LITTLE POINT IN LORD CAITHNESS MEETING AS A GROUP PEOPLE WHOSE VIEWS ARE VERY VARIED, ESPECIALLY AS HE WILL BE SEEING ALL THOSE CONCERNED EARLIER IN THE WEEK AT HIS MEETING WITH OMELCO.

2. INSTEAD, LORD CAITHNESS MIGHT USE THE PERIOD FROM 9 - 10.30 AM ON 20 FEBRUARY FOR MEETINGS WITH:-

(A) ELSIE TU, AS CONVENOR OF THE LEGCO IN-HOUSE MEETING.

(B) THE THREE LEGCO MEMBERS OF MEETING POINT (ALL OF WHOM ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED).

(C) THE TWO LEGCO MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATION (DR. C.H. LEONG AND JIMMY MCGREGOR).

EACH OF THESE MEETINGS NEED ONLY LAST 20 30 MINUTES.

3. GRATEFUL TO KNOW DESKBY 01003OZ WHETHER LORD CAITHNESS IS

CONTENT TO PROCEED IN THIS WAY.

WILSON

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