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YOUR TELNO 378: POSSIBLE VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS
1. WE HAVE PUT THE PROPOSED DATES OF 25-29 JANUARY FOR A VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS TO THE PHILIPPINES DFA. THEY SAW NO PROBLEM AND WILL CONFIRM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS AS ACCEPTANCE.
2. IN VIEW OF THE DIFFICULT SECURITY SITUATION IN MANILA, WHICH HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED BY THE GULF CRISIS, I RECOMMEND THAT NO ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE ABOUT THE VISIT UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE IT STARTS. WE HAVE STRESSED THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY TO THE DFA.
3. WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING DRAFT PROGRAMME:
FRIDAY 25 JANUARY:
SATURDAY 26 JANUARY:
EVENING
SUNDAY 27 JANUARY:
EVENING
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MONDAY 28 JANUARY:
SUPPER AT RESIDENCE WITH SENIOR EMBASSY STAFF (DEPENDING ON ARRIVAL TIME THIS COULD BE PRECEDED BY VISITS TO SOME STAFF HOUSES AND
FLATS).
VISIT RRTC IN BATAAN (3 HOUR CAR JOURNEY EACH WAY)
BUFFET SUPPER IN DHM'S HOUSE TO MEET EMBASSY STAFF AND SPOUSES, INCLUDING BRITISH COUNCIL
RECREATION AND SIGHT-SEEING IN MANILA AREA (GRATEFUL FOR INDICATIONS OF PREFERENCES, EG CHURCH, GOLF, TENNIS, SHOPPING).
COCKTAIL RECEPTION AT RESIDENCE FOR BRITISH COMMUNITY AND PHILIPPINE BUSINESSMEN
WREATH LAYING AT JOSE RIZAL STATUE. CALL ON FOREIGN SECRETARY MANGLAPUS, DFA. CALL ON DFA UNDER SECRETARY YAN. LUNCH AT DFA. CALL ON NEW TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY (NAME NOT YET KNOWN, PREVIOUS SECRETARY CONCEPCION JUST
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