TNAG-1147-FCO40-1427-UK-policy-towards-South-East-Asia--including-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 133

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FM FCO 301900Z NOV 82

TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK

TELEGRAM NUMBER 441 OF 30 NOVEMBER.

YOUR TELNO 633: HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE

1.

LORD BELSTEAD AGREES THAT YOUR RECEPTION OUGHT IF POSSIBLE

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TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE CONFERENCE AND THAT IT SHOULD THEREFORE

BE TRANSFERRED TO EVENING OF 14 DECEMBER.

2.

HE WOULD NOT WISH TO SACRIFICE THE INFORMAL SESSION WITH

ANAND. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT TO MAKE MAJOR

INROADS ON THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC,

COMMER-

CIAL, AID AND CULTURAL MATTERS, FOR WHICH WE PLAN TO RESERVE THE

WHOLE OF THE SECOND DAY. AN ACCEPTABLE WAY OF SQUARING THIS

CIRCLE MIGHT PERHAPS BE TO BRING ANAND ON FROM 1600 TO 1730, DEFERRING THE KICK-OFF FOR YOUR RECEPTION TO (SAY) 1900.

ASSUMPTIONS IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TELNO 633 CONFIRMED.

3.

PYM

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DIST

LIMITED

SEAD

FED

HKGD

PLANNING STAFF

PS

PS/LORD BELSTEAD

PS/PUS

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

COPIES TO

MR SUNDERLAND OT2 DOT

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