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MY TELNO 2 TO BANGKOK: CALL BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND: 21 FEBRUARY
1. THE PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND CALLED ON ME TODAY (21 FEBRUARY). WE HAD A FRIENDLY CHAT COVERING THAI RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN IN THAILAND (WITH PARTICULAR MENTION OF GORDON WU OF HOPEWELL'S ELEVATED RAILWAY PROJECT), AND REFUGEE PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG AND THAILAND.
2. I RAISED ONLY ONE ITEM OF BUSINESS: THE UK/THAILAND TRANSFER OF PRISONERS AGREEMENT RATIFIED IN FEBRUARY 1991. I SAID THAT 45 PRISONERS HAD APPLIED, BUT AS YET NONE HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED. I HOPED THAT CASES COULD BE PROCESSED MORE SWIFTLY. THE PRIME
MINISTER AGREED TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER ON HIS RETURN.
3. THE PRIME MINISTER MENTIONED THAT HRH PRINCESS SIRINDHORN
WOULD BE VISITING MONGOLIA IN OCTOBER TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING. RECALLING HOW MUCH OF A PLEASURE IT HAD BEEN TO MEET HERE IN HONG KONG IN 1990, I OFFERED TO ARRANGE A SUITABLE CULTURAL PROGRAMME FOR HER SHOULD SHE WISH TO VISIT HONG KONG EN
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