CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1359
OF 20071OZ MAY 92
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD FROM GOVERNOR.
VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG.
1. REPORTS THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD BE VISITING HONG KONG IN JULY WERE CARRIED IN TODAY'S SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST AND WAH KIU YAT PO AND ON RTHK'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE STATION.
2. THE SCMP REPORT, WHICH WAS THE MOST DETAILED, SAID THAT FINAL DETAILS OF THE TRIP HAD YET TO BE WORKED OUT BUT THAT IT WAS BELIEVED THAT MR. HURD WOULD ARRIVE IN HONG KONG AFTER ATTENDING AN EC CONFERENCE IN MANILA ON 26-27 JULY. HE WOULD STAY FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS BUT HIS OFFICIAL PROGRAMME WAS STILL BEING FINALISED.
3. ALTHOUGH IT IS HARD TO BE SURE, THE REPORT APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM THE LONDON END. NOBODY HERE KNOWS THE DETAIL CONTAINED IN THE SCMP REPORT.
4. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THE TRIP HAS INDEED BEEN FIRMED UP AND FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME ON TIMING OR WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO DO. GRATEFUL ALSO TO KNOW WHAT
LINE YOU WILL BE TAKING IN PUBLIC COMMENT OR BACKGROUND BRIEFING.
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