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TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
TELNO 162
OF 191730Z MARCH 87
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG
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FROM SEAD
YOUR TELNOS 167, 172 AND 178, OUR TELNO 153 (NOT TO ALL):
SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THAILAND 20-22 APRIL
1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOW REVIEWED HIS PROGRAMME FOR
THAILAND IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR TURS.
2. PLEASE NOW DISCUSS WITH THE THAIS THE REVISED DRAFT PROGRAMME
IN MIFT, WHICH ALLOWS BOTH FOR BILATERAL TALKS WITH WU AND FOR
BRIEF BILATERAL TALKS WITH SIDDHI ON THE AFTERNOON OF 21 APRIL.
3. AT THIS STAGE IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE HOW LONG WILL BE
REQUIRED FOR THE TALKS WITH WU (THIS MAY BECOME CLEARER AFTER THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S TALKS WITH HIM IN BERNE NEXT WEEK), BUT WE
NEED TO ALLOW A FULI. 90 MINUTES. THIS CAN FOLLOW THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S BRIEF APPEARANCE AT THE ESCAP OPENING SESSION (WHICH,
THEREFORE, MUST NOT SLIP). HE WOULD THEN HAVE A SHORT BILATERAL
SESSION WITH SIDDHI.
4. WE TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE SECURITY CONSTRAINTS AT THE
ESCAP BUILDING. WHERE WOULD THE NEAREST ALTERNATIVE AND
RELATIVELY SECURE VENUE BE, BEARING IN MIND THE TIME
CONSTRAINTS?
5. DEPARTURE FROM BANGKOK ON 22 APRIL MUST BE NO LATER THAN
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