TNAG-2498-FCO40-3636-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Taiwan-1992 — Page 118

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P MORRICE, ATTC TAIPEI (CURRENTLY VISITING

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MR RICKETTS, HEAD, HKD, FCO

MR LOVE, OT2/2, DTI

MR MCLEAN, PEKING

MR S BRADLEY, DPA, HONG KONG

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VISIT TO TAIWAN OF MRS THATCHER

AS YOU PRESUMABLY ALREADY KNOW, CITIBANK ARE SPONSORING A VISIT TO TAIWAN BY MRS THATCHER FORM 30 AUGUST TO 3 SEPTEMBER INCLUSIVE.

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MRS THATCHER'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, JULIAN SEYMOUR, WAS IN TAIPEI LAST WEEK FIXING UP THE DETAILS AND DULY CAME TO SEE ME. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A FOREIGN MINISTRY ''MINDER'' WHO APPEARS TO HAVE STUCK TO SEYMOUR THROUGHOUT HIS VISIT AND SO THE TAIWANESE ARE PRIVY TO BOTH THE ARRANGEMENTS AND WHAT MRS THATCHER HOPES TO ACHIEVE.

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SEYMOUR SAID THAT THE DATES WERE NOW FIRM. MRS THATCHER AND PARTY WOULD TRAVEL OUT ON THE DIRECT KLM FLIGHT TO TAIPEI ON SUNDAY, 30 AUGUST AND DEPART ON THE MORNING OF THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER. SHE HAD TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF COMING VIA HONG KONG BUT FELT THAT SHE COULD HARDLY PASS THROUGH HONG KONG WITHOUT SPENDING TIME THERE WHICH HER SCHEDULE SIMPLY WOULD NOT PERMIT, HENCE THE DECISION TO USE THE KLM FLIGHT.

4. MRS THATCHER, ACCORDING TO SEYMOUR, HAD LONG HARBOURED A WISH TO VISIT TAIPEI AND SEE FOR HERSELF THE TAIWAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE, BUT HAD BEEN PREVENTED FROM DOING SO WHILST IN OFFICE.

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