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1972-73

PRE-ESTIMATES PLANNING MEETING:

ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA

British

Council

Country

Annual

Report

Requests for Additional

Expenditure

Proposed by Supported by

Comments

Received

South

No

Korea

Represent ation

(i) British Council

Representation

Ambassador Far East

Department

(1) Correspondence on FED files (and CRD)

(ii) Visits by Lecturers) Ambassador

iii) Cultural Manifest-

ations

hilippines

British Council

Representation

Information

Policy Report)

Ambassador

South East Asian Depart- ment

Famer Fepublic

(i) British Council

Representation

Ambassador

Mr Royle

(ii) Increased ELT

(iii) There are plans for the Academy of St Martins to visit Japan in April 1972.

(i) Former Representative left in 1970 and

was not replaced (for economy reasons) The Library has however been saved. The Director of the new ELTI is in process of appointment.

South Vietnam

(i) British Council

Representation

(ii) Cultural Visits

(i) Previous Representative withdrawn in

1968 for economy reasons.

(ii) Somewhat nebulous plans are in hand

for the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Edinburgh to visit Thailand and the Philippines, as well as other countries in the area, but not South Vietnam, in April/June, 1972.