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GRS 200
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FM SINGAPORE
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 127
OF 090515Z APRIL 87
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
1. SIR DAVID WILSON, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND ANDREW, LEFT FOR HONG KONG THIS MORNING (9APRIL) AFTER SPENDING TWO DAYS HERE PRIVATELY TO CATCH HIS BREATH BEFORE HIS HINTATION.
2. HE SPENT 50 MINUTES WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND DONED WITH HIM AND A SMALL GROUP OF THE YOUNGER COLLEAGUES (GOH CHOK TONG, DR TONY TAN KENG YAM, BRIG GEN LEE HSHEN LOONG, WONG KAN SENG AND YEO CHEOW TONG) THAT EVENING. LEE KUAN YEW WAS THROUGHOUT IN EVEN MORE THAN USUALLY FRIENDLY FORM. T WAS, HE SAND, A TERRIFIC JOB AND NOT ONE HE WOULD CARE TO UNDERTAKE
(EXCLAM): BUT SIR DAVID HAD THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS. HE WISHED
HIM WELL AND SKETCHED OUT AT CONSIDERABLE LENGTH HOW HE SAW THE SITUATION, IN PARTICULAR THE NEED TO IDENTIFY A GROUP OF YOUNGER LOCAL CHINESE WITH THE ABILITY AND THE DEGREE OF
COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS.
3. SIR DAVAND INVITED THE PM TO STAY AT FANLONG AS HE HAD IN THE PAST. LEE KUAN YEW RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT WHENEVER SHR DAVID FELT LIKE A LITTLE R AND R HE WAS WELCOME AT THE STANA GUESTHOUSE.
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