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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 06010OZ SINGAPORE
TELNO 133
OF 051506Z JULY 93
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032156
MDHOAN 5156
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT THE REQUEST OF HONG
KONG DEPARTMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG AS TELNO 1084
BEGINS
OF 05100OZ JULY 93
INFO DESKBY 05110OZ PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
66
YOUR TELNO 410 TO PEKING: YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG.
1.
(80)
WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR NECESSARILY LIMITED TIME IN HONG KONG ON 9 JULY. IN ADDITION TO BRIEFING EXCO ON YOUR VISIT TO PEKING, IT WILL IN MY VIEW ALSO BE ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY (ALBEIT BRIEF) FOR LEGCO MEMBERS TO MEET YOU, AND AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PRESS. THIS WILL BE HARD TO MANAGE IN THE TIME AVAILABLE. WE
BELIEVE THE ONLY PRACTICABLE SEQUENCE WOULD BE:
1755
ETA HONG KONG (CA107)
SHORT PRESS BRIEFING AT AIRPORT.
1845 (APPROX) ARRIVE GOVERNMENT HOUSE (BY CAR WITH ME)
OPPORTUNITY TO WASH AND CHANGE.
1900-1945
1945-2030
2030
BRIEF EXCO (AT GH).
MEET LEGCO MEMBERS AT A RECEPTION TO WHICH I WOULD INVITE THEM (1930 FOR 1945), ALSO AT GH.
PRIVATE SUPPER.
2.
2310
DEPART ON CX251.
THE PROPOSED TIMING OF THE PRESS ENCOUNTER IS A COMPROMISE. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HOLD THIS AFTER THE EXCO
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