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YOUR TELNOS 167, 172 AND 178, OUR TELNO 153 (NOT TO ALL):

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THAILAND 20-22 APRIL

1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOW REVIEWED HIS PROGRAMME FOR

THAILAND IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR TURS.

2. PLEASE NOW DISCUSS WITH THE THAIS THE REVISED DRAFT PROGRAMME

IN MIFT, WHICH ALLOWS BOTH FOR BILATERAL TALKS WITH WU AND FOR

BRIEF BILATERAL TALKS WITH SIDDHI ON THE AFTERNOON OF 21 APRIL.

3. AT THIS STAGE IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE HOW LONG WILL BE

REQUIRED FOR THE TALKS WITH WU (THIS MAY BECOME CLEARER AFTER THE

SECRETARY OF STATE'S TALKS WITH HIM IN BERNE NEXT WEEK), BUT WE

NEED TO ALLOW A FULI. 90 MINUTES. THIS CAN FOLLOW THE SECRETARY

OF STATE'S BRIEF APPEARANCE AT THE ESCAP OPENING SESSION (WHICH,

THEREFORE, MUST NOT SLIP). HE WOULD THEN HAVE A SHORT BILATERAL

SESSION WITH SIDDHI.

4. WE TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE SECURITY CONSTRAINTS AT THE

ESCAP BUILDING. WHERE WOULD THE NEAREST ALTERNATIVE AND

RELATIVELY SECURE VENUE BE, BEARING IN MIND THE TIME

CONSTRAINTS?

5. DEPARTURE FROM BANGKOK ON 22 APRIL MUST BE NO LATER THAN

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