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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THAILAND.
1.
THE CHINESE EMBASSY CONTACTED THE HEAD OF HKD THIS
AFTERNOON ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM PEKING TO ASK FOR A CHANGE IN THE
TIMING OF THE MEETING IN BANGKOK BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE
AND WU XUEQIAN. THEY EXPLAINED THAT WU HAD AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING AT 1600 ON 21 APRIL AND WAS ATTENDING A RECEPTION GIVEN BY
THE THAI FOREIGN MINISTER AT 1800: COULD WU INVITE THE SECRETARY
OF STATE TO DINNER AT 1930? HUM SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE ALREADY HAD A DINNER ENGAGEMENT. AT FIRST
SIGHT THE ONLY POSSIBILITY SEEMED TO BE TO FIT IN TALKS IN THE
EARLY EVENING.
2.
IT IS CLEARLY NOT POSSIBLE TO ALTER THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S DINNER WITH SIDDHI. THE ONLY SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE TO FIT
IN THE TALKS WITH WU BETWEEN SIDDHI'S RECEPTION AND THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S DINNER, REARRANGING OTHER EVENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO SCENARIOS:-
OPTION A:
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