CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 210
OF 13183OZ MARCH 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE THE HAGUE ··
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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THE HAGUE: FOR GOVERNOR HONG KONG VISITING
HONG KONG:
FROM FED
PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR
€14 A
FCO TELNO 203 AND PEKING TELNO 192
1 =
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS AGREED TO EXTEND HIS ITINERARY BY 24 HOURS IN ORDER TO ALLOW MORE ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE.
2. ON THIS BASIS WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN ITINERARY ROUGHLY
ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:
1 APRIL
2 APRIL
:
1800 ETD GATWICK
1400 ETA HONG KONG
CX 250
3 APRIL
:
1640
ETD HONG KONG CA 110
3 APRIL
1930
ETA PEKING
4-6 APRIL :
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME IN PEKING
6 APRIL
:
2110
ETD PEKING
7 APRIL :
0600
ETA TAISHAN
7 APRIL
8 APRIL
:
AM
:
PM
DAY AND NIGHT ON TAISHAN
RETURN TO JINAN. FLY TO CANTON
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CANTON
?2100
FLY TO HONG KONG
9 APRIL
DAY IN HONG KONG
2215
ETD HONG KONG BA 28
10 APRIL
:
0430 ETA HEATHROW
3.
THE FOLLOWING POINTS REQUIRE HIGHLIGHTING:
(I) THIS SCHEDULE SLIGHTLY REDUCES THE TIME AVAILABLE IN HONG
KONG ON THE OUTWARD JOURNEY, BUT THIS IS BALANCED BY ADDITIONAL TIME ON THE RETURN JOURNEY. WE HOPE THAT THE GOVERNOR CAN ACCEPT THIS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE OUTWARD LEG (MEETINGS WITH GOVERNOR, EXCO
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