CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 027/5
RECEIVED IN
SISTRY
29 JUL 1993
DESK OFFICER
FM HONG KONG
INDEX
PA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1202
OF 211234Z JULY 93
TOP COPY QDIST?
INFO PRIORITY FRANKFURT, BONN, AMSTERDAM, THE HAGUE, PARIS INFO PRIORITY BRUSSELS
075221 MDLIAN 6574
FCO
BRUSSELS
: PLEASE PASS TO YAXLEY
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GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO EUROPE : 14 19 NOVEMBER 1993
1. OUR TELNOS 1163 AND 1164 CONTAINED THE GOVERNOR'S PROVISIONAL TRAVEL PLANS FROM MID 1993 TO THE END OF 1994. MIFT CONTAINS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE OUTLINE PROGRAMME FOR HIS EUROPEAN VISIT IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
2.
THE PROGRAMME IS INEVITABLY TIGHT SINCE THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT WANT TO BE AWAY FROM HONG KONG FOR TOO LONG. HE WILL BE IN ENGLAND FOR THE PREVIOUS WEEK, TO SPEAK AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES ON 8 NOVEMBER, TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DINNER ON 9 NOVEMBER AND THE 'HONG KONG WORKS' BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON 10 NOVEMBER. ON 11 NOVEMBER HE WILL GIVE THE EARL GREY LECTURE AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE GOVERNOR MAY NEED TO ATTEND THE APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE ON 20 NOVEMBER, IN WHICH CASE HE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE PARIS ON 19 NOVEMBER. THIS WOULD ENTAIL HIS OPENING THE BUSINESS CONFERENCE THAT MORNING RATHER THAN GIVING A LUNCHTIME SPEECH.
3.
MR LAURENT AUBLIN, THE FRENCH CG HERE, HAS SPOKEN TO HIS COLLEAGUES IN PARIS AND SUGGESTED CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND SENATE, AND THE MAYOR OF PARIS. THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN TRADE HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO OPEN THE BUSINESS CONFERENCE. MEETINGS WITH THE MINISTER OF ECONOMICS AND WITH FORMER PRESIDENT VALERIE GISCARD D'ESTAING HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED IF TIME ALLOWS. GRATEFUL IF PARIS WOULD ADVISE WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THESE SUGGESTIONS.
FOR THE HAGUE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTACT MADE ALREADY TO ARRANGE CALLS ON HM QUEEN BEATRIX, THE PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN
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