TNAG-2601-FCO40-3789-Departure-of-Lord-Wilson--former-Governor-of-Hong-Kong--July-1992 — Page 5

July 1992

CONFIDENTIAL

J S Wall Esq CMG LVO

10 Downing Street

LONDON

SW1

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CALL BY LORD WILSON, FORMER GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG:

21 JULY 1992

Lord Wilson left Hong Kong on 3 July and travelled

in Thailand and Switzerland before returning to London

this week. He took his seat in the House of Lords on

15 July.

copy.

In preparation for this call, the Prime Minister may

care to glance at Lord Wilson's valedictory despatch, of which I enclose a copy.

He will no doubt wish to thank

Lord Wilson for his service, most notably over Hong Kong where he had been/Political Adviser, then one of the

architects of the Joint Declaration when he was Assistant

Under-Secretary and, above all, as Governor of Hong Kong during five crucial years, made much more difficult by

Tiananmen in June 1989.

Lord Wilson is keeping himself up-to-date on Hong Kong business But we assume that the Prime Minister will not wish to engage in detailed discussion with him about

the way Mr Patten is now tackling the airport problem and