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pay an official visit to Britain has been issued. impossible to find mutually convenient dates for a visit this year and we are now discussing possible dates for next Spring. 5. Mr. Sukit Nimmanhaeminda, the Thai Minister of Education,
paid a courtesy call on Mrs. Thatcher, at the Department of Education and Science, during a private visit to London
on 20 25 October.
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6.
The Secretary-General, Lieutenant General Jesus Vargas,
will be visiting London as a guest of HMG from Monday, 16 November to Thursday, 19 November. He will be calling on
the Secretary of State at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 17 November and on the Prime Minister at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 18 November. GHF are preparing a programme which it is hoped will also
include a call on the Minister of Defence. Mr. Royle has
agreed to act as host for the visit generally.
Cambodia
7. Mr. V. Chann Sokhum, Minister of Education now in Paris
attending a UNESCO Conference, may come to London for a few
days early in November. No dates have been settled but if he
comes we shall extend the usual courtesies and probably make
some gesture of hospitality.
Vietnam
8.
The visit by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Dr. Vien, and a party of educationalists, proposed
for the first week of November has now been cancelled at
Vietnamese request.
The Philippines
9.
It has been agreed that we should take no initiative to
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