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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 829
OF 20190OZ MAY 92
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM RICKETTS, HKD
YOUR TELNO 1359: VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG
1. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO VISIT
MANILA FOR THE ASEAN MEETING AND TO VISIT HONG KONG ON THE SAME TRIP. THIS WOULD BE AFTER THE ASEAN MEETING IF THE LATTER TAKES PLACE ON 24-26 JULY, AND BEFORE IF IT TAKES PLACE ON 27-29 JULY.
2.
NEWS DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN BRIEFING
ON THE LINES THAT THAT IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL, AS PRESIDENCY, ATTEND THE ASEAN MEETING AND THAT HE HOPES TO VISIT HONG KONG FAIRLY SOON AFTER THE NEW GOVERNOR'S ARRIVAL. I IMAGINE, THEREFORE, THAT THE PRESS HAVE BEEN PUTTING TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MENTIONED TO MARTIN LEE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR MEETING ON 19 MAY (RECORD FAXED SEPARATELY), THAT HE HOPED TO BE ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG IN LATE
JULY.
3.
WE WILL NOT, OF COURSE, BE MAKING ANY FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL MUCH NEARER THE TIME. AND I SUPPOSE THAT WITH THE VAGARIES OF THE PRESIDENCY, PLANS MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE. I DO NOT THINK THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS YET FOCUSED ON WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN HONG KONG. PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE A WORD
ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK.
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