TNAG-2031-FCO40-2894-Visit-by-Douglas-Hurd--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Co-1990 — Page 96

THAT PROMINENT FIGURES FROM THE VARIOUS GROUPS SEEKING MEETINGS ARE INCLUDED IN SOCIAL FUNCTIONS WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE ATTENDS DURING HIS VISIT. ( A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE, IF THERE ARE CASES WHICH SEEM PARTICULARLY DESERVING, WOULD BE FOR MEETINGS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PPS.) ON THIS BASIS WE ARE INCLINED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD NOT AGREE TO SEE THESE GROUPS IN SEPARATE MEETINGS.

4. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO PROCEED ACCORDINGLY. WE WOULD THEN WRITE TO THOSE CONCERNED REGRETTING LACK OF TIME FOR A MEETING AND ASKING THEM TO PUT THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING.

WILSON

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