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TELELETTER
FROM K C WALKER, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
We fake about this
FOLLOWING FOR P A B THOMSON, PEKING
RP MARGOLIS, DPA, HONG KONG
PROPOSED FAMILIARISATION VISIT (P REDDICLIFFE)
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1. PAUL REDDICLIFFE WHO COVERS INDOCHINA AND THAILAND IN
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AUTHORITY IN PRINCIPLE TO
MAKE A FAMILIARISATION VISIT IN SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING A SHORT
POSTING AS CHARGE IN VIENTIANE BEGINNING IN MID-JUNE. WHILE
NOT OF COURSE WISHING TO ADD TO YOUR WORK AT WHAT WILL BE A
VERY BUSY TIME, I SEE VALUE IN SHORT VISITS BY PAUL TO BOTH
HONG KONG AND PEKING DURING WHICH HE COULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON
INDOCHINA WIIH SUITABLE OFFICIAL CONTACTS AND JOURNALISTS.
IN HONG KONG, A BRIEFING ON THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM
WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL.
2. IF YOU CAN AGREE TO THIS PROPOSAL, HE WOULD PLAN TO ARRIVE
IN HONG KONG ON 9 SEPTEMBER, TRAVELLING TO PEKING ON 13TH OR
14TH. IN PEKING HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 1 OR 2 DAYS LEAVE AND
WOULD FEND FOR HIMSELF DURING THIS AND OVER THE WEEKEND. HE
WOULD PLAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A REDUCED FARE BY LEAVING
PEKING BY BA ON 20 SEPTEMBER. IF POSSIBLE COULD YOU PLEASE LET
ME KNOW BY 28 MAY WHETHER THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, SO THAT BOOKINGS
MAY BE MADE BEFORE PAUL LEAVES HERE FOR VIENTIANE.
SIGNED K C WALKER
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