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WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FROM THE 1990 INSPECTION REPORT BUT WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN. SO FAR AS WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN NO COMPREHENSIVE REVISION WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE CHANGES IN THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

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(B) CONCERNS

(SEE ALSO MY MO'S ACCOUNT OF THE MEETING OF 3/7 IN BTC WITH MR WHITTLE FAXED TO FCO ON 7/7).

aspect

(1)

whoever is chosen. will receive view of inr. parties only though OBDST Pray Mant

inr.pornés

IF FARRELL'S ARE CHOSEN, HOW WILL THE VIEWS OF THE BTC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES IN HONG KONG BE FED IN TO THE CHANGES

THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE TO THEIR PLANS? out through OED Pray Cha

BTC + other parties will be shumm revised plowas + may former comment as nec.

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(Allie Jean)

(2) SINCE MOST OF THE PLANNING WILL BE DONE IN LONDON, WHAT ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN THAT FULL WEIGHT WILL BE GIVEN TO REVISED OBJECTIVES OF THE BTC (AS GIVEN IN FIRST DRAFT TO MR HUM, DISCUSSED WITH THE HEAD OF THE HKAC AND SOON TO BE GONE OVER IN

DETAIL WITH THE MINISTER OF TRADE)? Steering Shee has overall supervision.

(3) ON THE FARRELL PROPOSALS

OFD acceipt thank

-the Design will, reed to be improved to march the brief.

When

(I) THE FUNNELLING OF ALL VISITORS THROUGH ONE CHANNEL GOES AGAINST EXPERIENCE HERE AND ELSEWHERE. THE US CONSULATE- GENERAL IS TO BE REBUILT TO GIVE MAXIMUM SEPARATION BETWEEN VISITORS TO THE VISA SECTION AND THOSE WAITING TO TALK

BUSINESS OR SEEK. CONSULAR ADVICE. DOES YOUR SUGGESTION OF

BRINGING CONSULAR VISITORS IN AN EMERGENCY THROUGH THE STAFF ENTRANCE TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE ESTIMATE OF 170,000 UK NATIONALS IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997? (THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT OED - RIGHTLY- INSISTED ON IN MY LAST TWO POSTS).

ROME, I AM TOLD, IS ALSO RELEVANT.

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(II) THE FACILITIES PROPOSED FOR THE COMMERCIAL SECTION ARE MARKEDLY INFERIOR TO THOSE WE NOW ENJOY. MR WHITTLE SUGGESTED WAYS OF IMPROVING THAT BY EJECTING THE BRITISH CHAMBER BUT A MAJOR STRATEGIC AIM (PROPOSED AND GENERALLY AGREED) IS TO BUILD THE CHAMBER UP AND HAVE IT IN. THE CHAMBER AND THE COMMERCIAL SECTION MUST WORK TOGETHER.

(III)

THE MULTI-PURPOSE HALL AS LOCATED BY FARRELL IS OF NO VALUE TO THE CONSULATE-GENERAL.

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