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LUNCH: THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE LUNCH WITH MR DAY, AND A SELECTION OF SENIOR BUSINESSMEN, BOTH LOCAL AND BRITISH RATHER THAN TAKE UP THE SUGGESTION IN YOUR TELNO 1795. THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS YOU KNOW HAS UNDERTAKEN WHILE IN HONG KONG TO SEE HIS CONSTITUENT MR DAVID MARKHAM, AND MR MARKHAM'S CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM LAU. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE EITHER TO INCLUDE THEM IN MR DAY'S LUNCH, OR FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET THEM OVER A DRINK AT THE ALBANY BEFOREHAND?
- AFTERNOON: THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE:
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- A MEETING WITH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN, ALONG THE LINES OF THAT HELD WITH MR GOODLAD DURING HIS VISIT, TOGETHER WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS
AN INFORMAL SESSION WITH EXCO MEMBERS. WE IMAGINE THAT THIS WOULD BEST BE HELD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, PERHAPS AROUND THE TABLE IN THE GOVERNOR'S STUDY, BUT WOULD WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS.
- A PRESS CONFERENCE: WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD COME AFTER THE MEETING WITH EXCO (OTHERWISE THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE TALKING TO THE PRESS
BEFORE SEEING ANY HONG KONG POLITICIANS). WE WOULD LIKE TO AIM AT 1800 FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE. GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE ON VENUE.
DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AS YOU SUGGEST WITH A CROSS-SECTION OF MEMBERS OF EXCO AND LEGCO.
TUESDAY 28 JULY
- THE SECRETARY OF STATE WANTS TO MAKE A PROMPT DEPARTURE FOR KUALA LUMPUR. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, YOU SHOULD WORK ON THE ASSUMPTION OF A DEPARTURE AT 0930. THERE WOULD NOT THEREFORE BE TIME FOR ANY ENGAGEMENTS THAT MORNING.
2. PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT WILL CONFIRM SHORTLY THE COMPOSITION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY.
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