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TO DESKBY 11083OZ FCO

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OF 10220OZ MAY 93

INFO DESKBY

11083OZ PEKING

HKA 431/1

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INFO DESKBY 11120OZ UKMIS NEW YORK

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

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FCO PERSONAL FOR HUM, AUSS, RICKETTS, HKD, MAKEPEACE, PMD, AND STUMP, PSD

PEKING PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR

UKMIS NEW YORK PERSONAL FOR PEIRCE

CHANGE OF POLITICAL ADVISER

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1. THE PRESS RELEASE IN MIFT ABOUT THE CHANGE OF POLITICAL ADVISER WILL BE ISSUED AT 5.00 PM HONG KONG TIME ON 12 MAY. I

INFORMED EXCO OF THE CHANGE TODAY.

2. IN RESPONSE TO ANY PRESS ENQUIRIES ABOUT WHY EHRMAN IS LEAVING WHEN IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN THE TALKS WITH CHINA WILL END, EHRMAN WILL SAY THAT HIS SECONDMENT TO THE HKG WAS FOR FOUR YEARS AND THAT THAT TIME IS NOW UP. IT MAKES SENSE FOR A SUCCESSOR TO HOLD

THE JOB FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION. EHRMAN WILL MAKE CLEAR THAT HE WILL IN FACT HAVE SERVED IN HIS PRESENT JOB AS LONG IF NOT LONGER THAN ANY OTHER POLITICAL ADVISER IN RECENT YEARS. IF ASKED ABOUT HIS NEXT JOB, EHRMAN WILL SAY THAT IT WILL BE AT THE FCO BUT THAT IT IS NOT YET POSSIBLE TO GIVE DETAILS.

3. FOR PEIRCE, UKMIS NEW YORK. HKG AUTHORITY HAS NOW BEEN OBTAINED FOR YOU TO PAY A FAMILIARISATION VISIT OF ONE WEEK TO HONG KONG. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ISSUE OF THE AIR TICKET THROUGH YOUR MANAGEMENT SECTION, WHO WILL HAVE RECEIVED AUTHORISATION FROM BTC HONG KONG. BTC WILL OBTAIN A REFUND OF THE COST OF THE FLIGHT AND YOUR SUBSISTENCE FROM HKG. A PROVISIONAL BOOKING HAS BEEN MADE FOR YOU FOR 7 NIGHTS FROM 18 JUNE AT THE HILTON HOTEL.

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FOR STUMP, PSD. I CONFIRM THAT PEIRCE SHOULD ENJOY THE SAME

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