TNAG-2361-FCO40-3432-Visit-by-John-Major--UK-Prime-Minister--to-Hong-Kong--Septem-1991 — Page 148

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Mr Wall telephoned me at home late last night from Washington having seen telegrams, from Hong Kong or Peking or both, which were wrong in what they suggested about

accommodation of and attendance at functions by No 10 Private Secretaries. I see this morning that you sent a telegram (FCO telno 1452 to Hong Kong) which probably sorts this out, but Mr Wall's firm message was that:

he, Stephen Wall, should always be with the

Prime Minister at every meeting and meal and in every helicopter;

he, Stephen Wall, should always have the room nearest the Prime Minister in case he needs to talk to him in the middle of the night and so forth;

Mr Turnbull is going on the trip not to take part in the programme (although he will do so sometimes when there is space) but to continue to act as the Prime Minister's Private Secretary for domestic affairs, ie the channel through which the Prime Minister keeps in touch with other Whitehall Departments and so forth.

Mr Wall said that the take-off arrangements also seemed, from the piece of paper he had seen, not to have been revised in accordance with what he had said had been his instructions: aircraft would take off from Heathrow at 0930 and not need to go to Alconbury. The Prime Minister will travel to London. On that basis, I said that the Foreign Secretary would travel to London too. I said our understanding had been the opposite, namely a very early start from Heathrow to go via Brize Norton to Alconbury, but the revised arrangement was good news for the Foreign Secretary and his officials.

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28 August 1991 CC: Mr Cox, HKD

Mr Davies, FED PS (for Mr Gass)

PS (for Mr Gozney) Diary Secretary Miss McGinty

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