CONFIDENTIAL
with &
MR LAIRD
1.
In connection with the Governor's idea of visiting
the UK in May I noted, at to-day's Ministerial Visits Committee,
that:
2.
(a) Mr Royle will be out of the country from 12
21 May for a Council of Europe Ministerial Meeting at Strasbourg (b)
The Secretary of State will be in attendance on The Queen during her State Visit to Paris on 15 to 19 May,
and
(c) The Secretary of State will be visiting Luxembourg from 26 to 27 May for the meeting of the "Ten" Foreign Ministers.
If, as I think, the Governor has not yet given a firm date for his visit it would be helpful if he could be advised of the dates above so that he can adjust his own arrangements to suit
them.
Wow youn
27 March 1972
(L Monson)
CONFIDENTIAL