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YOUR TELNO 1212: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROGRAMME HAS A 45 MINUTE GAP BETWEEN THE END OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT 17.15 ON 31 MAY AND THE BEGINNING OF HIS MEETING WITH OMELCO AT 1800. HE MAY BE ABLE TO FIT INTO THIS A 20 MINUTE SLOT FOR INTERVIEWS WITH BRITISH TELEVISION AND RADION IF HE WISHES, BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE TIGHT. SO AS NOT TO OFFEND THE SENSITIVITIES OF THE LOCAL MEDIA WE WOULD PREFER THAT THE INTERVIEWS SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN OR NEAR THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM AND WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE DONE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, POSSIBLY IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SITTING ROOM.

2. WE WILL SEND A TELEGRAM TOMORROW SUGGESTING THE GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST LIKELY TO FEATURE IN THE PRESS QUESTIONS.

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