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TELNO 330

OF 010409Z JUNE 88

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YOUR TELNO 222: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT

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MFA HAVE NOW TOLD US THAT DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PRAPASS HAS TO VISIT HIS CONSTITUENCY ON 20 JUNE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTORAL REGISTRATION PROCESS, AND THEREFORE REGRETS THAT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE LORD GLENARTHUR. THEY HAVE OFFERED PERMANENT SECRETARY KASEM INSTEAD. I DO NOT THINK THAT WE NEED BE IN ANY WAY CONCERNED BY THIS, KASEM HAS BEEN PLAYING AN IN- CREASINGLY PROMINENT ROLE SINCE THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT AND IS IN ANY CASE MORE ARTICULATE IN ENGLISH THAN PRAPASS.

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WITH REGARD TO BRIEFING, IN ADDITION TO DISCUSSIONS ON REGIONAL ISSUES REFUGEES, PREM'S VISIT TO MOSCOW, ETC. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF LORD GLENARTHUR COULD REMIND THE THAIS OF OUR INTEREST IN CONCLUDING AN AGREEMENT ON REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS (MY TELNO 331) AND POSSIBLY RAISE HONG KONG AIR SERVICES SEPARATION, ALTHOUGH THE LATTER WILL DEPEND ON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'S REACTION TO THE APPARENT THAI INSISTENCE THAT AIR SERVICES BETWEEN UK AND THAILAND SHOULD BE REVIEWED AT THE SAME TIME AS SEPARATION (MY TELNO 329).

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