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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND BANGKOK

MY TELNO 629: SECRETARY OF STATE'S WISHT TO THAILAND 20-22 APRIL

KE/MCLAREN MEETING

1. PARA 2 OF MY TUR: WANG TOLD PIGOTT ON 15 APRIL THAT KE'S TENTATIVE PREFERENCE WAS FOR A MEETING WITH MCLAREN TO TAKE PLACE ON 22 APRIL. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THAT WU (AND BY IMPLICATION KE AS WELL HAD A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE ON 21 APRIL. WANG SUGGESTED THAT THE PRECISE TIMING AND VENUE FOR THE MEETING BETWEEN KE AND MCLAREN COULD BEST BE DECIDED, BY THE TWO JLG TEAM LEADERS IN THE MARGINS OF THE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON 21 APRIL.

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