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CONFIDENTIAL

STRICTLY PERSONAL

Foreign & Commonwealth

Office

London SW1A 2AH

28 April 1993

Rt Hon Christopher Patten PC

HKB

010/2

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 MAY 1903

Governor

Hong Kong

Dear forerner,

INDER

REGISTRY

PA

Action Taken

1.

Alastair Goodlad told me yesterday that you were

disturbed that you had not been told about

Sir Percy Cradock's plan to visit Peking next month. I

thought I should let you have a personal note about this.

2.

Percy Cradock invited me to lunch on 4 February.

I spent a good part of it making it plain that I

disapproved of the line he proposed to take on a BBC

programme planned for March (which in the event was never

produced). I enclose a copy of the minute I wrote

about this the same day. The Secretary of State

subsequently approved the line I had taken.

CONFIDENTIAL

STRICTLY PERSONAL