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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3 OF 6 JANUARY
AND TO PRIORITY SEOUL
INFO HONG KONG
FROM FED
PROPOSED VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE
1. THE MOST LIKELY DATES FOR A SPRING FAR EASTERN TOUR BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE ARE NOW 15-21 APRIL. WE HAVE BEEN
AUTHORISED TO WORK ON THIS BASIS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES BUT
CANNOT MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS UNTIL ONE OUTSTANDING MATTER
HAS BEEN RESOLVED, A FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL AT PRESENT
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD DURING THAT WEEK WHICH WE ARE TRYING
TO HAVE MOVED.
2. A POSSIBLE ITINERARY WOULD BE:
15 APRIL
17 APRIL (AM) 19 APRIL (PM)
21 APRIL
ARRIVE HONG KONG
HONG KONG TO TOKYO
TOKYO TO SEOUL
LEAVE SEOUL
THIS RESTS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SHOULD IF HE IS IN THE FAR EAST SPEND AT LEAST ONE WORKING
DAY IN HONG KONG : THAT TWO FULL DAYS ARE THE BARE MINIMUM
FOR TOKYO : AND THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID THE VISIT TO SEOUL
OF THE BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER HE CANNOT ARRIVE THERE BEFORE
18 APRIL. WE HAVE ALSO ASSUMED THAT THE EASTER HOLIDAY DOES
NOT PRESENT AN OBSTACLE IN TOKYO OR SEOUL, AND THAT THERE IS
NO OTHER CONFLICTING VISIT.
3.
WITHOUT MAKING ANY COMMITMENT TO EITHER HOST GOVERNMENT,
IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW WHETHER THESE ASSUMPTIONS, IN PARTICULAR THAT ABOUT CONFLICTING VISITS,
ARE CORRECT.
4.
FOR TOKYO. YOUR TELNO 7 JUST RECEIVED. PRIVATE OFFICE
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