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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1745
OF 0910OOZ MAY 88
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING
FOR PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
HUB QONFIDENTIAL
10 MAY 1988
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YOUR TELNOS 1149-1150 TO HONG KONG AND 377 TO PEKING AND PEKING TELNO 822: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT
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1. I CONFIRM THAT I WOULD WELCOME A VISIT FROM LORD GLENARTHUR BEGINNING ON 29 JUNE AND DO NOT SEE THE OVERLAP WITH THE JLG AS AN INSUPERABLE PROBLEM. I ASSUME THAT LORD GLENARTHUR WILL NOT
WISH TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANY OF THE JLG FUNCTIONS. THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE.
2. IF LORD GLENARTHUR ARRIVES IN HONG KONG ON THE EARLIER FLIGHT FROM GUANGZHOU ON 29 JUNE, I.E. AT 11.35 AM, I BELIEVE WE CAN ARRANGE HIS PROGRAMME SO THAT HE CAN LEAVE HONG KONG LATE ON FRIDAY, 1 JULY. I SYMPATHISE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF GETTING TO ABERDEENSHIRE FOR THE WEEKEND. MIFT CONTAINS A DRAFT OUTLINE. PLEASE NOTE THAT TIMINGS ARE ONLY INDICATIVE AT THIS STAGE.
3. SEEN FROM HERE, THE ITEMS THAT MCLAREN WOULD BE MOST REQUIRED FOR ARE THOSE ON THE MORNING AND EVENING OF 30 JUNE AND THE AFTERNOON OF 1 JULY. THIS WOULD ALLOW HIM THE AFTERNOON OF 29 JUNE, THE AFTERNOON OF 30 JUNE, AND THE MORNING AND EARLY EVENING OF 1 JULY FOR JLG BUSINESS.
4. ON THE BASIS OF YOUR SECOND TUR, I ASSUME THAT LADY GLENARTHUR WOULD WISH TO ACCOMPANY LORD GLENARTHUR ON THE VISITS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 29 JUNE AND THE AFTERNOON OF 30 JUNE. WE WILL THEREFORE PLAN TO FIT IN VISITS TO THE HOSPITAL, SCHOOL, MESEUMS AND PEAK IN THE MORNING OF 30 JUNE AND ON 1 JULY, WHILE LEAVING SOME TIME FOR SHOPPING. WE WILL TELEGRAPH A DRAFT PROGRAMME LATER THIS WEEK.
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5. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE AND IN DUE COURSE FOR THE NAMES OF THE FRIENDS WHOM LORD GLENARTHUR WOULD LIKE TO INVITE FOR DRINKS.
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