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However there are still difficulties with Treasury
Ministers over the £1m see Peter Blaker's telegram to you in
Tokyo, No 304. Neil Marten is trying urgently to satisfy the
Financial Secretary that he can make an offsetting cut else-
where in the aid programme.
But you may need to stress to the
Prime Minister that this contribution is political essential_/
or
/ Neil Marten and the Financial Secretary have sorted
out the Treasury requirements
see Peter Blaker's telegram to
you in Tokyo No 304 - for an offsetting cut elsewhere in the
aid programme.
We can now at legast tell Waldheim that we
will contribute the £1m/
Representation in Geneva
Geneva.
tion.
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7. We shall also need to decide who should lead for us in
Waldheim has asked for Ministerial level representa-
Peter Blaker will be available, as you wish, and 'you
may think that this would be sufficient. The meeting is not
the one we wanted in view of Waldheim's stipulation that it
should concentrate on humanitarian aspects; but
but neither we
nor others will be prepared to let the Vietnamese get away
unscathed. You may wish to discuss this with the Prime
Minister. We are finding out whether Waldheim himself intends
to be present throughout, and whether he really thinks it will
only be two days (very short if 60-odd countries attend and
speak).
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