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IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 003
OF 091652Z JANUARY 90
10 JAN 1990
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Action Taken
YOUR TELNO 3: VISIT OF SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER
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MR FELBER ENTIRELY HAPPY WITH PROGRAMME. SWISS KEEN TO SETTLE DATES FOR PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT. INTERPRETATION. AGENDA.
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AS INSTRUCTED ON THE TELEPHONE BY THE HEAD OF WED I ASKED MR FELBER'S PRIVATE SECRETARY WHETHER HIS MINISTER WAS CONTENT WITH THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME. COMBERNOUS HAS NOW CONFIRMED THAT MR FELBER IS COMPLETELY CONTENT, AND VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS VISIT TO LONDON.
3. COMBERNOUS ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE VISITORS WILL BE MR AND MRS FELBER, AMBASSADOR JENO STAEHELIN, AMBASSADOR JAKOB KELLENBERGER, MICHEL PACHE AND COMBERNOUS HIMSELF.
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4 COMBERNOUS ASKED FOR NEWS OF POSSIBLE DATES FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO SWITZERLAND (MY TELNO 243, PARA 5). ANY FURTHER NEWS ON THIS WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.
HE FINALLY, HE ASKED ABOUT INTERPRETATION AT THE CALL AT NO 10. SAID HE HIMSELF HAD MUCH EXPERIENCE OF INTERPRETING INTO ENGLISH FOR MR FELBER, AND WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO DO SO THIS TIME IF THAT WOULD BUT IF A REGULAR INTERPRETER HAD ALREADY BEEN ARRANGED, WELL. AND GOOD. (COMMENT: MR FELBER IS A FLUENT SPEAKER AND CAN BE DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET FOR. COMBERNOUS SPEAKS PERFECT ENGLISH SEMI COLON HE DID AN MA COURSE IN HISTORY IN BRITAIN, AND HAS AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING WIFE).
6. ON THE AGENDA FOR THE TALKS AT THE FCO STAEHELIN TELLS ME THAT HE RECENTLY CONFIRMED TO THE SWISS EMBASSY IN LONDON THAT MR FELBER WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS
I) COOPERATION WITHIN WESTERN EUROPE AND EC/EFTA
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