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INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, SYDNEY, FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO SAVING AUCKLAND

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YOUR TELNOS 2 AND 3: VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

TIMING AND PROGRAMME

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1. WE SEE NO REASON HERE NOT TO FALL IN WITH THE TIMING PROPOSED BY THE NEW ZEALAND COMMISSION. INDEED, IT WILL POSSIBLY BE EASIER TO ARRANGE APPOINTMENTS WITH MINISTERS IN WELLINGTON ON THE THURSDAY, AS MPS TEND TO TRAVEL HOME TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES ON FRIDAYS. YOU AND CANBERRA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT, ACCORDING TO AIR NEW ZEALAND HERE, THE ONLY DAYTIME FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON ON WEDNESDAY 15 MAY IS QF47, LEAVING AT 0800 AND ARRIVING AT 1300.

2. THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAMME OUTLINE IN MY TELNO 6 (1990) WILL FIT WELL INTO THE FRAMEWORK PROPOSED BY THE NEW ZEALAND COMMISSION AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT THESE IDEAS TO THEM. WE WILL REINFORCE HERE. A ONE O'CLOCK ARRIVAL FROM SYDNEY ON 15 MAY WILL MEAN THAT WE SHALL HAVE TO EXPAND THE WELLINGTON LEG OF THE PROGRAMME. I SUGGEST THAT YOU MIGHT EITHER DO A LITTLE SIGHTSEEING IN THE AREA, OR PERHAPS CALL ON ONE OR TWO OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HERE. WE WOULD THEN PROPOSE A QUIET SUPPER EN FAMILLE.

3. I NOTE THAT DON MCKINNON HAS OFFERED LUNCH ON 16 MAY. I SHOULD LIKE TO HOST A DINNER FOR YOU THAT EVENING. WE WILL OBVIOUSLY LIAISE WITH THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND TRIDE HERE TO ENSURE THAT OUR GUEST LISTS DO NOT OVERLAP UNNECESSARILY. BUT I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYONE YOU WOULD PARTICULARLY WISH ME TO INVITE.

4. I AM SURE THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE UP THE INVITATION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION TO HOST A MEAL IN AUCKLAND FOR YOU (A DINNER WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST). JOHN HOLDING, THE CONSUL-GENERAL IN AUCKLAND, WOULD

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