ACFT UNDER TOW HIT PARKED ACFT WITH DAMAGE TO HORIZ STABILIZER; ELEVATOR; AND ELEVATOR TAB.

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WHILE TAXIING FOR TKOF ON RWY 08R IN ATL; OUR B737 WAS CLRED TO TAXI ON TXWY H AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E. AN L1011 BEING TOWED WBOUND ON TXWY F WAS STOPPED BY GND CTL SO WE COULD PASS IN FRONT. WE STOPPED ON TXWY H; SHORT OF TXWY E; LEAVING ROOM FOR AN EBOUND B757 ON TXWY E AT OUR 10 O'CLOCK POS TO TAXI PAST IF NECESSARY. WHILE HOLDING SHORT OF TXWY E; WITH OUR PARKING BRAKE SET; THE R HORIZ STABILIZER OF OUR B737 WAS STRUCK BY THE R WINGTIP OF THE L1011; WHICH HAD CONTINUED ITS TOW. THE R HORIZ STABILIZER; ELEVATOR; AND ELEVATOR TAB OF OUR B737 WERE DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT. WE ADVISED GND CTL OF OUR SIT AND RETURNED TO THE GATE FOR MAINT. CERTAINLY; BETTER PROCS ON THE PART OF THE TOWING CREW COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS ACCIDENT. THIS INCLUDES THE INCLUSION OF MORE PEOPLE WITH THE TOW TUG TO INSURE PROPER CLRNCS. A BETTER COCKPIT AWARENESS THAT A LARGE ACFT WAS BEING TOWED BEHIND US WHILE WE WERE STOPPED ON A SHORT TXWY MIGHT HAVE HELPED US ALERT THE TUG DRIVER; OR AT LEAST GND CTL; THAT A POTENTIAL CONFLICT EXISTED. PERHAPS GND CTL PROCS SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED AN ACFT BEING HELD ON TXWY H WHILE A HVY ACFT WAS BEING TOWED OR TAXIED DOWN TXWY F.