CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 300001Z HONG KONG
TELNO
1432
OF 27153OZ JULY 90
CONFIDENTIAL
AND TO DESKBY 300001Z BANGKOK
AND TO DESKBY 300001Z SINGAPORE
PA
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Loro Časthness'
HVB 026/34
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1990
FROM PS/LORD CAITHNESS
YOUR TELNO 2366 (NOT TO ALL): LORD CAITHNESS' TRAVEL
1 LORD CAITHNESS IS INDEED ATTRACTED TO THE IDEA OF VISITING HONG KONG FROM 15-19 SEPTEMBER. HE WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WITH MR MCLAREN
ON 31 JULY, AND WE SHALL AIM TO CONFIRM VERY
RAPIDLY THEREAFTER.
2.
LORD CAITHNESS HAS BEEN GIVING THOUGHT TO WHERE ELSE HE MIGHT VISIT ON THIS TRIP. PENDING THE DISCUSSION WITH MR MCLAREN, HIS PREFERENCE IS FOR THAILAND, WITH A QUICK INTRODUCTORY STOP IN SINGAPORE. HE WILL PUT THIS TO
MR MELHUISH WHEN HE SEES HIM, ALSO ON 31 JULY. IN PREPARATION FOR THESE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR SIR M PIKE'S AND MR FALL'S VIEWS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A VISIT IN THE
PERIOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER 19 SEPTEMBER. LORD CAITHNESS WILL NEED TO BE BACK IN THIS COUNTRY BY 24 SEPTEMBER AT THE LATEST. HE MIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO SINGAPORE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING OF 19 SEPTEMBER, LEAVING AGAIN FOR BANKGOK LATE ON 20 SEPTEMBER AND FLYING HOME ON THE NIGHT OF 23 SEPTEMBER.
3. GRATEFUL FOR RESPONSES FDESKBY 31063OZ.
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