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3. THE DEPARTURE TIME FROM BANGKOK HAS BEEN REVISED TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO TAKE LEAVE OF THE QUEEN THIS, AND THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER FLYING TIME, WILL MEAN ARRIVING 55 MINUTES LATER IN HONG KONG. BUT DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG ON 15 FEBRUARY WILL BE LATER AND ARRIVAL IN SEOUL EARLIER. THIS WILL MAKE THE TUESDAY MORNING LESS RUSHED AND GIVE TIME AT SEOUL FOR A TALK WITH HM AMBASSADOR AND ONE CR TWO SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF.
4. THE RETURN FROM TOKYO HAS TO BE THE LONG WAY ROUND. A COMET CANNOT MANAGE THE POLAR ROUTE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO SPEND THE FRIDAY NIGHT IN TOKYO AND TO MAKE AN OVERNIGHT STOP IN DELHI HALF WAY BACK, RATHER THAN GO STRAIGHT THROUGH. I HOPE THIS WILL NOT BE INCONVENIENT TO DELHI. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD BE HAPPY IF TOKYO DECIDE TO JUGGLE THE PROGRAMME IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXTRA EVENING, BUT ALTERNATIVELY HE COULD HAVE A QUIET DINNER WITH HM AMBASSADOR OR VISIT A RESTAURANT.
5. I SHOULD NOT WISH TO TROUBLE THE CONSUL-GENERAL AT ISTANBUL BUT I SHOULD BE GLAD TO SEE MR. WALKER IN DUBAI.
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