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ministers to retain the perk of an annual trip to Bangkok,

but remove from the Secretariat every other year the crushing burden of preparing for and recovering from the Session

(in particular, the megatonnage of largely useless documents produced).

/ 12. I attach copies of:

Your

a)

b)

the two main UK interventions

the country statements of the US, USSR, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Japan, which may be of interest to Departments

c) a copy of the draft report of the meeting, unanimously adopted at the final Blenary Session

d)

a copy of the Secretariat paper on "restructuring", which was circulated at the

meeting

e) a list of participants at the Session.

Atts

CC:

RGreenall

PP J S L Wood

Deputy Permanent Representative of the UK to ESCAP

A Davies Esq

EAD

ODA

D Woodward Esq

Economic Advisers

FCO

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