RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
TELNO 293
OF 12162OZ DECEMBER 88
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, HANOI
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YOUR TELNO 718: ODP TALKS
1. IN VIEW OF THE SENIORITY AND RANGE OF THE VIETNAMESE TEAM, WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TO PRESS THEM HARD ON CURRENT CONCERNS, AS PROPOSED IN HONG KONG TELNO 4517. IF YOU HAVE NO OBJECTION, COLVIN (HEAD, SEAD) WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE BILATERAL MEETING ARRANGED FOR THE MORNING OF THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER. COLVIN TOOK PART IN BOTH BILATERALS WITH THE VIETNAMESE, IN HANOI AND LONDON, WHEN VU KHOAN LED FOR THEM, SO IS WELL PLACED TO REMIND THEM OF THEIR
UNDERTAKINGS AND OF THE NEED TO STICK TO THEM.
2. COLVIN IS PROVISIONALLY BOOKED ONTO FLIGHT BA732 WHICH ARRIVES IN GENEVA AT 2140 ON WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER, RETURNING ON BA729 AT 1555 THE NEXT DAY. GRATEFUL IF HE COULD BE ACCOMMODATED.
3. THIS CONFIRMS TELECON COLVIN/HEWITT ON 12 DECEMBER.
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