Kadeta Lice Visit
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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, BTC HONG KONG
MR LUCE'S VISIT TO THAILAND AND CHINA
1.
MR LUCE REGRETS THAT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT HIS PLANNED VISIT TO THAILAND AND CHINA THIS MONTH DUE TO HIS
APPOINTMENT AS MINISTER FOR THE ARTS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER HIS SUCCESSOR,
WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN NOMINATED, WISHES TO PROCEED WITH THE TOUR.
2. PLEASE INFORM THE THAI AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS IN SUITABLE
TERMS AND CONVEY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES FROM MR LUCE.
3. FROM MR LUCE TO ACM SIDDHI:
BEGINS:
AS YOU WILL KNOW, I SHALL NOT NOW UNFORTUNATELY BE ABLE TO TAKE UP YOUR LONG-STANDING AND VERY KIND INVITATION TO
VISIT THAILAND. I HAD BEEN GREATLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU AND SOME OF YOUR OTHER MINISTERIAL COLLEAGUES AND TO THE
WIDE-RANGING AND STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS WHICH I AM SURE WE
WOULD HAVE HAD. I AM ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED AT HAVING TO MISS
THIS OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING MORE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND
VISITING THE BORDER AREAS WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU. I
KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK YOUR OFFICIALS HAD PUT INTO ORGANISING
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