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THE RT. HON. SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, QC MP, BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WILL BE VISITING THAILAND FROM 20 TO 22 APRIL. SIR GEOFFREY, WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, LADY HOWE, AND A PARTY OF SIX SENHOR FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIALS^, WILL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER PREM TNSULANONDA, AND HOLD TALKS WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY, A.C.M. SIDDHI SAVETSILA, DURING HIS VISIT. IN ADDITION TO DISCUSSING BILATERAL MSSUES, AND MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST, SIR GEOFFREY IS EXPECTED TO BRIEF A.C.M. SIDDHI ON THE RESULTS OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER'S TRUP TO MOSCOW EARLIER THIS MONTH. FOREIGN MINISTER SIDDHI WILL HOST AN OFFICIAL DINNER FOR SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE ON 21 APRIL.

IN ADDITION TO THESE CALLS, SIR GEOFFREY WILL ALSO BE LEADING THE BRITISH DELEGATION TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASHA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP). AS HEAD OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION, SIR GEOFFREY WILL DELIVER AN ADDRESS TO THE OPENING SESSION OF ESCAP ON 21 APRIL.

THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL ALSO BE VISITING THE SITE 2 ENCAMPMENT FOR DISPLACED KHMER PERSONS SITUATED NEAR ARANYAPRATHET. AT SITE 2, SR GEOFFREY WILL HAND OVER TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KPNLF (KHMER PEOPLE'S NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT) PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ANNUAL BILATERAL HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE NON-COMMUNIST CAMBODIAN DISPLACED PERSONS LIVING IN THAILAND. (FOR THE 1986/87 FINANCIAL YEAR, BRITAIN'S HUMANITARIAN AID PROGRAMME FOR THE NON-COMMUNIST CAMBODIANS TOTALLED POUNDS STERLING 100,000 - SOME BAHT 4.1 MILLION)

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