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MR. WILFORD

SIR S. TOMLINSON

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REGISTRY No.51HKD

19 MAY 1970

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Ministerial Visits Committee,

Tuesday, 19 May, 1970

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Outward Visits

Mr. Ivor Richard, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

for the Ministry of Defence Army Department, is to visit the

Far East between 25 May and 7 June. His programme has been

arranged through the Service Aphorities in Singapore and Hong

Kong. He will be companied by a Private Secretary and his

Military Assistant.The High Commissioners in Singapore and

Kuala Lumpur and the Governor of Hong Kong have been consulted

and have no objection to the visit. He plans to arrive in

Singapore on 26 May and will be visiting units in Singapore and

Malaysia from 27 May until 1 June, returhing each evening to Singapore where he will be staying with General Hunt at HQ Far

East Land Forces. He will be in Hong Kong from 1 to 5 June,

will stopover in Bangkok on the night of 5 June and fly back

to the UK from Singapore by RAF flight on 6 June.

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I recommended last month that a senior Minister should

visit Australia and New Zealand (elections permitting) once

CONFIDENTTAT,

/the Cook

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