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YOUR TELNO 19: VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
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1. WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM DISTINGUISHED VISITORS BRANCH (DVB) THAT DON MCKINNON, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND TRADE, WILL BE IN SEOUL FOR THE APEC MEETING AT THE TIME OF YOUR VISIT. THE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON WILL ALSO BE OVERSEAS. THEIR ABSENCE MEANS THAT YOUR PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY 21
NOVEMBER HAS HAD TO BE AMENDED. REVISED DETAILS FOLLOW IN MIFT.
2. AS YOU WILL SEE, RUTH RICHARDSON, THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, WILL NOW HOST THE LUNCHEON IN YOUR HONOUR AND THE CALL ON HER HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. THE CALL ON DON MCKINNON HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A CALL ON PHILIP BURDON, MINISTER FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AT 4.20 PM. UNFORTUNATELY, THE REVISED PROGRAMME MEANS THAT THE BREAK OF 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR GENERAL (YOUR TELNO 16) HAS HAD TO BE REDUCED TO ONLY 15 MINUTES. HOWEVER, THE AFTERNOON IS DISTINCTLY LESS PRESSURISED NOW THAT THE CALL ON THE MINISTER OF FINANCE HAS
BEEN RESCHEDULED. YOU NOW HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF BETWEEN LUNCH AND YOUR FIRST CALL. IT IS REGRETTABLY NOT POSSIBLE TO ADJUST THE TIMINGS OF THE CALLS ON EITHER THE PRIME MINISTER OF PHILIP BURDON.
3. WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY THE PRODUCER OF ''ORIENT EXPRESS'' A WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE (MANDARIN) RECORDED AND BROADCAST IN WELLINGTON. HE IS KEEN TO RECORD AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU DURING YOUR VISIT. THE OBVIOUS SLOT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOUR LIVE INTERVIEW WITH MORNING REPORT ON THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER. THIS WOULD HOWEVER MEAN THAT THE INTERVIEW WOULD NOT BE BROADCAST UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY. IF YOU PREFERRED THE INTERVIEW TO GO OUT DURING YOUR VISIT, AN INTERVIEW COULD BE SLOTTED IN SHORTLY AFTER YOUR ARRIVAL IN WELLINGTON ON WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER. BUT THIS WOULD CUT SHORT TIME FOR RELAXATION AFTER YOUR FLIGHT FROM SINGAPORE. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO RECORD AN INTERVIEW WITH ''ORIENT EXPRESS''
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