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TELEGRAM NUMBER 35 OF 28 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR
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FOR PS/MR LUCE: YOUR TELNO 32: MR LUCE'S VISITS
1.. CELEBRATIONS WILL EXTEND OVER SEVERAL DAYS WITH MOST
IMPORTANT EVENTS ON 23 FEBRUARY. THERE IS NOT YET ANY FIRM
PROGRAMME BUT WE HOPE TO TELEGRAPH OUR BEST GUESSWORK EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
2. ON 22 FEB THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL EVENTS. BRUNE HANS WILL
BE WORKING FLAT OUT BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ARRANGE FOR MR LUCE
TO SEE OTHER GUESTS, WHO WILL BE ARRIVING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
3. ON 23 FEB THERE SHOULD BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET BOTH
BRUNE LANS AND OTHER GUESTS BRIEFLY AT OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS
BUT THERE WILL BE FEW GAPS BETWEEN ENGAGEMENTS EXCEPT, POSSIBLY, MID MORNING.
4. ON 24 FEB THERE WILL BE AN EARLY MORNING PARADE AND, PROBABLY, A STATE DINNER IN EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE GAPS IN
BETWEEN, MAY BE PROPOSING AN ENGAGEMENT FOR PRINCE OF WALES
(VISIT TO RBAF) BUT HIT IS PROBABLY NOT ESSENTIAL FOR MR LUCE TO
ACCOMPANY HIM.
5. AS REGARDS DEPARTURE, 1800 HOURS FLIGHT ON 24 FEB WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AND WOULD NOT CAUSE SERIOUS OFFENCE. STATE DINNER
THAT NIGHT WILL BE LESS IMPORTANT THAN BANQUET ON 23 FEBRUARY.
NONETHELESS, AS SEEN FROM HERE, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR MR LUCE TO STAY ON FOR THAT EVENT. IT IS THE OLD QUESTION OF BEING
SEEN TO BE TAKING BRUNE‹ SERIOUSLY. IF MR LUCE DECIDES TO LEAVE AM 25 FEB, 0800 SINGAPORE FLIGHT IS LESS LIABLE TO DISRUPTION
THAN KOTA KINABALU FLIGHT.
FCO PLS PASS
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