[FCOAME]
CALL ON PUS BY SIR EDWARD YOUDE
NOON ON 10 FEBRUARY 1986
Line to Take
on e aspect of the Queen's
Appreciate that Queen's
1. Would like to raise with you
forthcoming visit to Hong Kong.
visit all too short, and that it will be a very important
event in Hong Kong's progress towards the transfer in 1997.
2.
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As you know, GEC are lobbying hard for HM to open Castle
Peak 'B':
'B' they will if necessary lobby ev en harder. Our
initial view is however to agree with you that this would
take up an inordinate amount of HM's limited time in Hong
Kong.
Could we therefore agree to proposing that HRH the Duke of Edinburgh perform the ceremony? We believe this would be
acceptable to GEC and the Palace. Grateful for your views.
4.