TNAG-2748-FCO40-3963-Visits-by-Chris-Patten--Governor-of-Hong-Kong--to-other-coun-1993 — Page 47

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FCO TELNO 686 TO HONG KONG: GOVERNOR'S TRAVEL PLANS

1. WE ENDORSE THE VIEWS IN TUR. DESPITE THE NEW, AND WELCOME, FOREIGN POLICY APPROACH OF THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT, THERE IS A REAL RISK OF THE KOREANS OVERLOOKING THE IMPORTANCE TO THEM OF HONG KONG, GIVEN THEIR DESIRE TO DEEPEN THEIR RELATIONS WITH CHINA. A VISIT BY THE GOVERNOR AT ANY TIME WOULD DO MUCH TO OVERCOME THIS BUT THE IMPACT WOULD BE GREATER IF THE VISIT WERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

2. HKD'S IDEA OF SHORT STAND-ALONE VISIT IS AN ATTRACTIVE ONE, SUBJECT OF COURSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S DIARY CONSTRAINTS. THE KOREANS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE GOVERNOR IF HE CAME IN THIS WAY RATHER THAN ON A VISIT WHICH ALSO TOOK IN JAPAN, IN WHICH CASE THE KOREANS MIGHT FEEL THAT THEY WERE BEING INCLUDED AS SOMETHING AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

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