TNAG-2049-FCO40-2919-Visits-by-Lord-Caithness--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-and--1990 — Page 206

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TO DESKBY 300001Z HONG KONG

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OF 27153OZ JULY 90

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AND TO DESKBY 300001Z BANGKOK

AND TO DESKBY 300001Z SINGAPORE

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FROM PS/LORD CAITHNESS

YOUR TELNO 2366 (NOT TO ALL): LORD CAITHNESS' TRAVEL

1 LORD CAITHNESS IS INDEED ATTRACTED TO THE IDEA OF VISITING HONG KONG FROM 15-19 SEPTEMBER. HE WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH

THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WITH MR MCLAREN

ON 31 JULY, AND WE SHALL AIM TO CONFIRM VERY

RAPIDLY THEREAFTER.

2.

LORD CAITHNESS HAS BEEN GIVING THOUGHT TO WHERE ELSE HE MIGHT VISIT ON THIS TRIP. PENDING THE DISCUSSION WITH MR MCLAREN, HIS PREFERENCE IS FOR THAILAND, WITH A QUICK INTRODUCTORY STOP IN SINGAPORE. HE WILL PUT THIS TO

MR MELHUISH WHEN HE SEES HIM, ALSO ON 31 JULY. IN PREPARATION FOR THESE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR SIR M PIKE'S AND MR FALL'S VIEWS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A VISIT IN THE

PERIOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER 19 SEPTEMBER. LORD CAITHNESS WILL NEED TO BE BACK IN THIS COUNTRY BY 24 SEPTEMBER AT THE LATEST. HE MIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO SINGAPORE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING OF 19 SEPTEMBER, LEAVING AGAIN FOR BANKGOK LATE ON 20 SEPTEMBER AND FLYING HOME ON THE NIGHT OF 23 SEPTEMBER.

3. GRATEFUL FOR RESPONSES FDESKBY 31063OZ.

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