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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 311
OF 240752Z MAY 88
FOR CONFERENCE SECTION, PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT
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YOUR TELNO 212: LORD AND LADY GLENARTHUR
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AS LORD GLENARTHUR WILL NOT BE A GUEST OF THE THAI
GOVERNMENT, GIFTS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED ON THIS OCCASION. (LORD GLENARTHUR HOPES TO PAY A MORE SUBSTANTIVE VISIT
TO THAILAND LATER THIS YEAR).
2.
I ASSUME THAT LADY GLENARTHUR WOULD PREFER A LIGHT
PROGRAMME AFTER THE LONG FLIGHT FROM LONDON. WE COULD
ARRANGE SOME SIGHTSEEING AND/OR SHOPPING IN THE MORNING
(EG. JIM THOMPSON'S THAI HOUSE COMPLEX, OR THE SUAN PAKKARD PALACE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE PRINCESS CHUMBOT, AND ALSO
JIM THOMPSON'S THAI SILK SHOP) FOLLOWED BY A QUIET LUNCH (''LEMONGRASS THAI RESTAURANT) BEFORE JOINING LORD GLENARTHUR AT THE GRAND PALACE. DOES SHE HAVE ANY PARTICULAR
PREFERENCES? LADY GLENARTHUR IS NATURALLY INCLUDED IN THE EVENING ENGAGEMENTS: DRINKS WITH HEAD OF CHANCERY TO MEET STAFF, CASUAL RIVERSIDE BARBECUE DINNER AT ORIENTAL HOTEL, WHICH NEED LAST ONLY AS LONG AS THEY WISH.
3. I SHOULD BE HAPPY FOR THE MINISTER AND HIS PARTY TO
STAY AT THE RESIDENCE.
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