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00 BANGKOK
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FM FCO 301900Z NOV 82
TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
TELEGRAM NUMBER 441 OF 30 NOVEMBER.
YOUR TELNO 633: HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE
1.
LORD BELSTEAD AGREES THAT YOUR RECEPTION OUGHT IF POSSIBLE
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TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE CONFERENCE AND THAT IT SHOULD THEREFORE
BE TRANSFERRED TO EVENING OF 14 DECEMBER.
2.
HE WOULD NOT WISH TO SACRIFICE THE INFORMAL SESSION WITH
ANAND. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT TO MAKE MAJOR
INROADS ON THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC,
COMMER-
CIAL, AID AND CULTURAL MATTERS, FOR WHICH WE PLAN TO RESERVE THE
WHOLE OF THE SECOND DAY. AN ACCEPTABLE WAY OF SQUARING THIS
CIRCLE MIGHT PERHAPS BE TO BRING ANAND ON FROM 1600 TO 1730, DEFERRING THE KICK-OFF FOR YOUR RECEPTION TO (SAY) 1900.
ASSUMPTIONS IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TELNO 633 CONFIRMED.
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MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
COPIES TO
MR SUNDERLAND OT2 DOT
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