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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1154 OF 11 SEPTEMBER, 1980.

YOUR TELNO 754: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT

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1. I HAD ASSUMED LADY CARRINGTON WOULD LIKE TO KEEP SATURDAY

MORNING FREE, BUT ACCOMPANY FOR ITEMS (D)

AND ON SUNDAY.

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(L) IN MY TELNO 1217

2. IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE ON SATURDAY MORNING, WE COULD ARRANGE FOR HER EITHER TO SEE MORE HOUSING (YOUR TELNO 674), THOUGH SHE WILL BE SEEING SOME IN THE AFTERNOON ANYWAY (J), OR

ALTERNATIVELY VISIT A GARDEN. IN EITHER CASE SHE WOULD NOT NEED TO LEAVE G.H. BEFORE 11.15 A.M. AND WOULD MEET THE REST OF THE

PARTY AT THE POWER STATION SITE FOR LUNCH. WHAT WOULD SHE LIKE?

3. DINNER WITH UMELCO (M) IS STAG (OTHERWISE TOO BIG). ALTERNATIVES FOR SATURDAY DINNER ARE A SMALL INFORMAL AND EARLY DINNER EITHER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE OR ELSEWHERE, OR A TRAY IN HER ROOM AND EARLY BED.

WHICH WOULD SHE PREFER?

4. IF DEPARTURE ON MONDAY IS AT 11.36 (MY TELNO 1150) THERE

WOULD BE TIME FOR HER TO MEET DIPLOMATIC SERVICE WIVES FOR

COFFEE AT 12 A.M. FOR HALF AN HOUR. WOULD SHE LIKE US TO

ARRANGE?

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SIRE YOUDE MR DONALD

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