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Private Secretary
Mr. Royle's Proposed Visit to Hong Kong, Thailand
and Cambodia
Mr. Royle has noted that at the recent meeting of the
Ministerial Visits Committee the P.U.S. reserved the
Secretary of State's position on his projected visits to
Thailand, Cambodia and Hong Kong because it seemed likely
to overlap with the Secretary of State's absence in the
U.S.A. (19-29 September) and the Minister of State's visit
to Australia and Fiji (1–14 October).
2. In view of this Mr. Royle would now like to suggest
putting his trip back to the middle of October. If he
left on 9 October he could still be in Hong Kong for the
dates originally proposed (10-12 October) and would then
visit Cambodia and Thailand on the way home. His trip
would still overlap with five days of Mr. Godber's absence,
but perhaps this would not matter if other Ministers would
be in London at that time.
3.
In the hope that it will be possible for the Secretary
of State to approve this revised proposal, Mr. Royle has
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