FOR
NR35106
RR RANGOON
TER
28
HKK 19/3
CYPHER CAT A
1150
FM BANGKOK Ø60415Z MAR
TOP COPT
RESTRICTED
NO DISTRIBUTION
[124/4 KIND (for info)
TO ROUTINE RANGOON TELNO 11 OF 6TH MAR 73.
FOLLOWING FROM VIENTIANE :
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21
TO ROUTINE BANGKOK TELNO 30 OF 5 MARCH.
FOLLOWING FOR ROLPH, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, HONG KONG.
HONG KONG TELNO 12 TO BANGKOK: DANGEROUS DRUGS.
1. WE HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUR VISIT
HERE ON 9/10 MARCH:
9 MARCH
0900
HRS: DISCUSSION IN EMBASSY.
1000 HRS: DISCUSSIONS WITH MR A MORELLI, BNDD.
1500 HRS COURTESY CALL ON GENERAL KHAMHOU, HEAD OF GSI.
1700 HRS: CALL ON US AMBASSADOR.
10 MARCH
WC VISIT WITH BNDD OFFICER TO BAN HOUEI SAI (GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA) AND TO LUANG PRABANG.
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2. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THIS WILL SUIT YOU, PARTICULARLY EJE VISIT TO BAN HOUEI SAI ETC WHICH WILL NEED TO BE SET UP FIRMLY IN ADVANCE. WE REALISE THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE SUBSTANTIVE DEALINGS AT THIS STAGE WITH LOCAL LAO AUTHORITIES (HONG KONG TELNO 2 TO VIENTIANE) BUT WE CONSIDER THE CALL ON GENERAL KHOMHOU AS ESSENTIAL COURTESY, SINCE HE IS BOUND TO KNOW OF YOUR PRESENCE IN LAOS. I UNDERSTAND FROM US
AMBASSADOR HERYETHAT YOU WOULD WELCOME TRIP TO HOUIE SAI, CONSIDER THAT YOU COULD MAKE THIS TRIP WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM
AND APPROVAL OF GENERAL KHAMHOU.
LLOYD.
DE LA MARE