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HMA HANOI WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG BETWEEN 16 AND 22 SEPTEMBER. HE HAS ASKED IF LORD GLENARTHUR HAS ''FIVE MINUTES' SPARE IN HIS PROGRAMME SO THAT HE CAN PAY HIS RESPECTS AND HAVE A FEW WORDS ABOUT UK/VIETNAM RELATIONS.

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LORD GLENARTHUR'S PROGRAMME IS, AS YOU KNOW, QUITE TIGHT. BUT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO FIT IN A CALL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF 18 SEPTEMBER. LORD GLENARTHUR SHOULD BE BACK AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BY ABOUT 5.45 P.M. AND WILL DEPART FOR THE OMELCO DINNER AT 7.40 P.M. THE GOVERNOR THINKS IT WOULD BE WORTH WHILE FOR THE MINISTER TO SEE DAVIES, BOTH BECAUSE HE PLOUGHS A LONELY FURROW IN HANOI AND TO GET A PICTURE OF THAT END OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM. WOULD LORD GLENARTHUR LIKE TO SEE HMA HANOI FROM, SAY, 6.00 P.M. 6.30 P.M.?

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