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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, BTC HONG KONG

MR LUCE'S VISIT TO THAILAND AND CHINA

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MR LUCE REGRETS THAT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT HIS PLANNED VISIT TO THAILAND AND CHINA THIS MONTH DUE TO HIS

APPOINTMENT AS MINISTER FOR THE ARTS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER HIS SUCCESSOR,

WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN NOMINATED, WISHES TO PROCEED WITH THE TOUR.

2. PLEASE INFORM THE THAI AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS IN SUITABLE

TERMS AND CONVEY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES FROM MR LUCE.

3. FROM MR LUCE TO ACM SIDDHI:

BEGINS:

AS YOU WILL KNOW, I SHALL NOT NOW UNFORTUNATELY BE ABLE TO TAKE UP YOUR LONG-STANDING AND VERY KIND INVITATION TO

VISIT THAILAND. I HAD BEEN GREATLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING

YOU AND SOME OF YOUR OTHER MINISTERIAL COLLEAGUES AND TO THE

WIDE-RANGING AND STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS WHICH I AM SURE WE

WOULD HAVE HAD. I AM ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED AT HAVING TO MISS

THIS OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING MORE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND

VISITING THE BORDER AREAS WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU. I

KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK YOUR OFFICIALS HAD PUT INTO ORGANISING

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