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FM HONG KONG 261108Z NOV 82
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1393 OF 26 NOVEMBER
LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT
NR
HKK 026/3
кум кадри
YOUR TELNOS 953, 429 AND 444.
CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO BRING DINNER JACKET AND
THAT GIFTS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
2. THE PERSONALITY NOTES PROVIDED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
ARE FINE SUBJECT TO TWO AMENDMENTS:-
(A) DENIS BRAY WILL BE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY IN ADDITION TO HIS
APPOINTMENT AS SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. SIR PHILIP
HADDON-CAVE WILL BE ON LEAVE DURING LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT.
(B) MAJOR GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN HAS SUCCEEDED MAJOR GENERAL
CHAPPLE AS COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES SINCE OCTOBER. MAJOR
GENERAL BOORMAN WAS BORN IN 1931. EDUCATED IN UK. JOINED NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1950. PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER AND
ASSUMED COMMAND OF 51 INFANTRY BRIGADE IN HONG KONG IN 1974.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (ARMY) 1978. DIRECTOR OF
MILITARY OPERATIONS 1980
Madag
82.
3. IT IS TOO EARLY TO FINALISE THE PERSONALITY NOTES ON OTHER
LEADING PERSONALITIES'. THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON ARRIVAL.
YOUDE
LIMITED
HKJGD
FED
PCD
PS/LORD BELSTEAD
PS/PUS
MRG IFFARD
MR DONALD
GESTRICTED
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED