1972-73
PRE-ESTIMATES PLANNING MEETING:
ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA
British
Council
Country
Annual
Report
Requests for Additional
Expenditure
Proposed by Supported by
Comments
Received
South
No
Korea
Represent ation
(i) British Council
Representation
Ambassador Far East
Department
(1) Correspondence on FED files (and CRD)
(ii) Visits by Lecturers) Ambassador
iii) Cultural Manifest-
ations
hilippines
British Council
Representation
Information
Policy Report)
Ambassador
South East Asian Depart- ment
Famer Fepublic
(i) British Council
Representation
Ambassador
Mr Royle
(ii) Increased ELT
(iii) There are plans for the Academy of St Martins to visit Japan in April 1972.
(i) Former Representative left in 1970 and
was not replaced (for economy reasons) The Library has however been saved. The Director of the new ELTI is in process of appointment.
South Vietnam
(i) British Council
Representation
(ii) Cultural Visits
(i) Previous Representative withdrawn in
1968 for economy reasons.
(ii) Somewhat nebulous plans are in hand
for the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Edinburgh to visit Thailand and the Philippines, as well as other countries in the area, but not South Vietnam, in April/June, 1972.