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TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR FISHERMEN, BRITISH BUILT RICE HUSK POWER PLANT AND A BOAT TRIP TO CORAL ISLAND BEACH RESORT.
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DEPART FOR HONG KONG. ARRIVE HONG KONG.
6. COMMENT. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF DINNER ON 27 MAY COULD BE EARLY TO ALLOW AN EARLY NIGHT. ATTENDANCE AS SUGGESTED IN YOUR TELNO 155 LOOKS RIGHT.
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS HESITANT ABOUT THE IDEA OF A BREAKFAST MEETING WITH PLESSEY AND THEIR CLIENTS ON 28 MAY. WOULD PREFER TO MEET THE PEOPLE CONCERNED AT A WIDER FUNCTION. SIR J CLARK AND COJUANGCO MIGHT THEREFORE BE INVITED TO THE DINNER, WHERE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ENSURE AN OPPORTUNITY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO TALK TO THEM. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS AGREED TO A BREAKFAST MEETING WITH THE US AMBASSADOR. TO BALANCE THIS A TEATIME MEETING WITH EC AMBASSADORS WOULD PROBABLY BE DESIRABLE, SUBJECT TO TIME BEING AVAILABLE AND TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S FINAL APPROVAL.
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WE SUGGEST THAT IF POSSIBLE YOU SHOULD TRY TO ARRANGE ANOTHER MINISTERIAL CALL DURING THE MORNING. IF TIMINGS WILL NOT ALLOW, OUR PRIORITIES FOR CALLS DURING THE AFTERNOON ARE AS IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE (IN PRIORITY ORDER).
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29 MAY THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PREFERENCE IS TO VISIT ILOILO WHERE THERE WOULD BE A GOOD BRITISH CONTENT AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RELAXATION. WHEN LOCKTON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NEI POWER PROJECTS, CALLED ON ADAMS EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE SAID THAT THE RICE HUSK PLANT HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND HE HOPED THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES WOULD SOON BE RESOLVED. A VISIT TO THE PLANT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD BE WELCOME, AND NEI WOULD ENSURE THAT IT WAS OPERATING SMOOTHLY. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOW EXPLORE THIS OPTION IN MORE DETAIL IF NECESSARY BY SENDING A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF ON A RECONNAISSANCE VISIT. YOU WILL ALSO WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE ALREADY ON ILOILO ON 29 MAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S ARRIVAL.
YACHT TRIP OR
PLAN A BACK-UP
FLYING. IN
10. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS NOT ATTRACTED TO THE A VISIT TO CEBU. IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE HOWEVER TO ALTERNATIVE TO ILOILO IN CASE THE WEATHER PREVENTS THIS EVENTUALITY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT IRRI AND LAKE TAAL. IT WOULD CLEARLY BE UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT IRRI TO LAY ON LUNCH AS PART OF A BACK-UP PROGRAMME. THIS OPTION COULD ALSO DEPEND ON WHETHER JUNEJO IS INTENDING TO VISIT IRRI. 11. CONFERENCE SECTION HAVE REQUESTED FOLLOWING DETAILS OF AIRCRAFT TO BE USED FOR TRIP TO ILOILO:
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