TNAG-1158-FCO40-1438-Visit-by-Margaret-Thatcher--UK-Prime-Minister--to-Hong-Kong--1982 — Page 91

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FM HONG KONG 288948Z MAY 82

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TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 565 OF 28 MAY

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3 - JUN 932

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING

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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT.

PEKING TELNO 287 OF 20 MAY TO YOU.

THERE WILL BE INTENSE INTEREST IN HONG KONG IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S

PRESS CONFERENCE IN PEKING ON 24 SEPTEMBER AND WE MUST ENSURE, THEREFORE, THAT HER PRESS CONFERENCE HERE IS CAREFULLY MANAGED AND WELL-TIMED. THIS INDICATES THAT SHE SHOULD ARRIVE HERE DURING

THE AFTERNOON OF 26 SEPTEMBER SO THAT I WOULD HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS

WITH HER THE OUTCOME OF WHATEVER EXCHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON

HONG KONG BEFORE DINNER, A PRESS CONFERENCE COULD THEN IF NECESSARY BE ARRANGED FOR THE NEXT DAY (THE FIRST DAY OF HER VISIT) FOLLOWED

BY A BRIEF PRE-DEPARTURE CONFERENCE AT THE AIRPORT ON THE

FOLLOWING DAY.

2. I SHALL LET YOU HAVE A SUGGESTED PROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT ITSELF

IN DUE COURSE.

YOUDE

(see (44A)

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HK&GD

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PS/LORD BELSTEAD

PS/PUS

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

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