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views on
all aspects of the visit: they were not specific.
I made the points in paragraph 6 to 9 (inclusive) of your brief on this visit without challenge.
8.
Secretary of State for Trade's visit to The Netherlands and South Germany
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No important comments. I told the drafter of the paper to substitute "Federal Republic" for "West Germany".
9. Government Ministerial Visits Programme
I handed over your piece of paper and said that I also had personal knowledge of a likely visit by the Secretary of State for Energy to the Middle East in the Autumn.
10.
Con
Mr Caines made two general comments which might be of interest. Reacting to the absence of the Ministry of Agriculture representative
the excuse that Mr Walker had not approved the papers concerned) he said that there was no requirement to put the papers to Ministers in advance of the meeting. Secondly he volunteered the view that there were too many Ministerial inward investment visits to certain posts. The same Overseas contacts were having to see our Ministers time and again and the outcome was not productive, quite apart from being burdensome to Embassies. Mr Caines personally hoped that posts would speak out and say this. I do not know how this will be recorded in the minutes!
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Mr
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Mr Carruthers, SPD
Mr Clift, HKGD
Mr Elliott, FED
James
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