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THAT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT BRITISH INTERESTS ACTUALLY ARE
AND ON WHAT ASSUMPTIONS THEY ARE BASED. A PAPER ON THIS BY PLANNING
STAFF WILL BE CIRCULATED TO PARTICIPANTS ON ARRIVAL IN BANGKOK.
THIS WILL BE REVISED IN THE LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE
CONFERENCE WITH A VIEW TO ARRIVING AT AN AUTHENTIC TEXT WHICH
HOPEFULLY WILL PROVIDE A GENERALLY AGREED POINT OF REFERENCE FOR
THE PERIOD AHEAD.
ITEM 1 OF THE AGENDA IS DESIGNED TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO
REVIEW CONCISELY ANY SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE REGIONAL SCENE
AS OBSERVED FROM OR ILLUMINATED BY THEIR LOCAL STANDPOINT.
CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE FRAMED WITH A VIEW TO THE DISCUSSION OF
CONCRETE ISSUES THAT IS TO FOLLOW. THE FORMAT WOULD BE THAT OF
A TOUR DE TABLE. LORD BELSTEAD HOPES THAT MR STAPLES WOULD BE
WILLING TO LEAD OFF.
5. LORD BELSTEAD HOPES THAT SIR P CRADOCK MIGHT BE WILLING TO
OPEN THE DISCUSSION OF ITEM 2, FOLLOWED BY MR ROBERTS. ITEM2(D)
IS NOT MEANT TO BE CONFINED TO THE TWO COUNTRIES NAMED: NO
DOUBT THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION UNDER THIS HEAD OF THE ROLES
OF OTHER OUTSIDE PARTIES, NOTABLY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
MR SUNDERLAND WILL OPEN ON ITEM 3: MR CAVALIERO WILL OPEN ON
ITEM 4, FOLLOWED, LORD BELSTEAD HOPES, BY MR FAINT.
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MR HURRELL,
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MR CAVALIERO, BRITISH COUNCIL
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