TNAG-1161-FCO40-1441-Visit-by-Margaret-Thatcher--UK-Prime-Minister--to-Hong-Kong--1982 — Page 93

W.P.

GRS 110

RESTRICTED

RESTRICTED

FM HONG KONG 270922Z AUGUST 82

TO ROUTINE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 947 OF 27 AUGUST

YOUR TELNO 671: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT

ALL POINTS NOTED.

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2. WE SUGGEST THAT ON TUESDAY MORNING 28 SEPTEMBER (MY TELNO

876 PARA 13D) MR THATCHER SHOULD TAKE A TRIP ON ONE OF THE VOSPER MARINE HOVERCRAFT OF HONG KONG YAUMATI FERRY CO.

ASSUMING HE LEFT GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN AMPLE TIME BEFORE

PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTURE AT 1110 (PARA 4B OF TUR) THIS

HOVERCRAFT COULD TAKE HIM ALL THE WAY TO CASTLE PEAK,

WHERE HE WOULD JOIN PRIME MINISTER (THIS WOULD INCIDENTALLY

MAKE ONE MORE SEAT AVAILABLE FOR OUTWARD FLIGHT IN PRIME

MINISTER'S DAUPHIN: MY TELNO 914).

YOUDE

MINIMAL PCD HIT&D

FED

RESTRICTED

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THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

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