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FM HONG KONG 18075OZ DEC 24
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1443 OF 18 DECEMBER
FOR MCLAREN FROM MARGOLIS
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE.
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1. THE OBSERVERS GOT AWAY ON SCHEDULE ON BOARD A CPA TRI-STAR. THERE WAS A LAST MINUTE FLURRY OVER ALLOCATION OF FIRST AND BUSINESS CLASS SEATS. JARDINE AIRWAYS/CAAC HAD GIVEN MARIA TAM AND MICHAEL SANDBERG BUSINESS CLASS SEATS AND Q.M. LEE A TOURIST CLASS SEAT. (R. JI HAD GIVEN ME A CLEAR INDICATION YESTERDAY THAT ALL EXCO MEMBERS WOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY FOR FIRST AND BUSINESS CLASS SEATS). V/E MANAGED TO GET MISS TAM AND MR. SANDBERG UPGRADED TO FIRST CLASS AND MR. LEE UPGRADED TO BUSINESS CLASS WITH AN EMPTY SEAT BESIDE HIM. GRATEFUL IF YOU, OR PERHAPS JOHN CHAN COULD LIAISE WITH JI, WHO IS ACCOMPANYING THE OBSERVERS, TO ENSURE THAT THE SEATING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN JOURNEY ARE ADEQUATE.
2. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ALSO ENSURE THAT ALL UMELCO MEMBERS OTHER THAN SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND MR. ROGER LOBO KNOW THAT THEY ARE TO BE WHISKED THROUGH THE VIP SUITE STRAIGHT INTO THEIR CARS ON THEIR RETURN TO HONG KONG, AND THAT THEY SHOULD LEAVE THEIR PASSPORTS, TICKETS, BAGGAGE TAGS AND BAGGAGE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY UMELCO SECRETARIAT STAFF.
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