CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO
IMMEDIATE HANOI
TELNO 218
OF 22150OZ SEPTEMBER 88
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
PAD
Talks file
124676
MDHOAN 5111
HKD 243/15
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88
YOUR TELNO 335: BOAT PEOPLE:
1.
BILATERAL TALKS
A SEPERATE TELEGRAM IS ISSUING ABOUT PRECISE
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DATES FOR THE TALKS. AS YOU KNOW HMG DOES NOT DISPOSE OF A GUEST HOME AND DOES NOT NORMALLY PAY THE COST OF VISITING DELEGATIONS FOR OFFICIAL TALKS OF THIS KIND. AS OFTEN AS NOT VISITORS STAY WITH COLLEAGUES AND NOT IN HOTELS. MOREOVER FUNDS ARE TIGHT AND THERE IS ALREADY CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE ON MCLAREN'S AUS BUDGET WHICH WAS ONE POSSIBILITY WE EXAMINED.
2. WE WOULD THEREFORE PREFER NOT TO VOLUNTEER TO PAY FOR THE VIETNAMESE DELEGATION'S ACCOMMODATION WHILE RECOGNISING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO RECONSIDER IF THE VIETNAMESE PRESS THE POINT AND REFER TO RECIPROCITY.
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MR MCLAREN
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