NOVEMBER
Monday 24
Tuesday 25
Wednesday 26
Thursday 27
Friday 28
Saturday 29
Sunday 30
DECEMBER
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DEFENCE COMMITTER FAR EASTERN VISIT 1986
PROVISIONAL
Hangleng wasisten
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PROGRAMME AS AT 29.10.86
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(not later than 1800) assemble at RAF Brize Norton; fly to Oman (by RAF)
(early morning) visit Ex SAIF SAREEA (Muscat hotel: Al Bhustan Palace)
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Oman: (morning) meetings with Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs
(afternoon) visit to Omani Naval Command, Muscat
Oman: visit to Straits of Hormuz; briefing and lunch at the Straits
Oman
Oman; (midday) US transport to Diego Garcia
Monday 1
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia; (0800) us transport to Singapore; Arriving c1800
(Singapore Hotel: To be recommended by F )
Singapore; (0820) fly to Hong Kong by UA 806, arriving 1150 (Hong Kong Hotel: Furama)
Hong Kong; (2015) fly to Honolulu by Singapore Airlines (SQ2), crossing IDL and arriving 1135 same day
Thursday 4
Hong Kong
Friday 5
Hong Kong
Saturday 6
Hong Kong
Sunday 7
Monday 8
Tuesday 9
Wednesday 10
Thursday 11
Note of time differences
Honolulu
Honolulu
Honolulu
end of official visit; return to UK via Los Angeles, San Francisco or Houston
Muscat is 4 hours ahead of GMT
Diego Garcia is 5 hours ahead
Hong Kong and Singapore are 8 hours ahead
Honolulu is 10 hours behind GMT
Los Angeles and San Francisco are 7 hours behind Houston is 5 hours behind