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TELEGRAM NUMBER BTC 34 OF 25 MARCH
FOR CLIFT, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT
VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER
Overläke
by BTC 35
sehs
LORD KADOORIE IS PRESSING ME FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRIME (30 MINISTER'S VISIT IN SEPTEMBER GIVEN THAT SHE HAS FORMALLY ACCEPTED
HIS INVITATION TO OPEN THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION.
2. NOT HAVING SEEN TELEGRAMS ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE FAR EASTERN
TOUR, I HAVE TAKEN THE LINE THAT DATES HAVE NOT YET BEEN FINALISED AND WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW LONG MRS THATCHER WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND
IN HONG KONG. HOWEVER KADOCRIE YESTERDAY TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVES IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR HER TO DEVOTE A WHOLE DAY TO THE CASTLE PEAK
EVENT.
3. WHEN I STARTED TO SAY THAT IT WAS MOST UNLIKELY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S PROGRAMME WOULD PERMIT SUCH A LONG VISIT TO CLP, KADOORIE REACTED QUITE STRONGLY. HE THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT THAT THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD EXTRACT A MAXIMUM PUBLICITY FOR THE LARGEST SINGLE MANUFACTURING ORDER EVER PLACED WITH A BRITISH MANUFACTURER IN HONG KONG, CHINA AND THE UK A DAY WAS ESSENTIAL. HE TALKED IN TERMS OF INVITING 400 PLUS PEOPLE AND ORGANISING SPECIAL FERRY SERVICES TO THE POWER STATION SITE.
4. I SHALL OBVOIOUSLY HAVE TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO WATER DOWN THESE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS BUT BEFORE I SPEAK TO PEOPLE SUCH AS SIDNEY GORDON AND BILL STONES IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER COULD AFFORD TO SPEND HERE. FOR EXAMPLE IF HER VISIT WAS AS SHORT AS 1 AND A HALF DAYS, I WOULD REPRESENT TO KADOORIE THE UNREASONABLENESS OF HIS REQUEST FOR TWO THIRDS OF HER TOTAL TIME. AT THE MOMENT I AM HAMPERED BY LACK OF ANY INFORMATION.
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