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6. IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR FROM YOUR TELELETTER WHETHER YOU

APS THINKING IN TERMS PURELY OF AN ASEAN HEADS OF MISSION

CONFERENCE OR ONE COVERING ASIA MORE WIDELY. WE MIGHT DISCUSS THIS NEXT MONTH WHEN I AM IN LONDON.

7.

ACCOMMODATION, THOUGH NOT LUXURIOUS, SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. IF PROPOSALS NOW BEFORE ROGER CARRICK FOR REORGANISING

AND ENLARGING OUR OFFICE SPACE ARE APPROVED IN TIME WE SHALL

HAVE A REASONABLE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

IF NOT, MY OFFICE IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE MEETINGS. THE MANDAR IN HOTEL WHERE PARTICIPANTS WOULD STAY IS SO CLOSE TO CHANCERY THAT OTHER OFFICE SPACE FOR PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOT

BE NECESSARY.

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