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YRTELNOS 2174 AND 2184: VISIT OF LORD FERRERS
1. MIFT CONTAINS AN OUTLINE PROGRAMME REVISED FURTHER IN THE LIGHT OF TURS. ON THE POINTS RAISED IN PARAS 2 AND 3 OF YOUR
FIRST TUR:
(A) THE START TIME ON SUNDAY 5 JANUARY HAS BEEN PUT BACK TO 1105, AS YOU SUGGESTED, TO PERMIT LORD FERRERS TO ATTEND CHURCH. IT IS FLEXIBLE AND COULD BE DELAYED FURTHER IF NECESSARY. GRATEFUL FOR AN INDICATION OF WHAT CHURCH SERVICE LORD FERRERS HAS IN MIND. THERE IS A 0900 SUNG FAMILY COMMUNION SERVICE AT ST JOHN'S
CANGLICAN)
CATHEDRAL.
(B) THE AFTERNOON OF MONDAY 6 JANUARY HAS BEEN LEFT FREE AFTER
LUNCH.
(C) A TRANSFER TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON THE MORNING OF 6 JANUARY WOULD BE POSSIBLE. IT IS A RATHER BUSY MORNING FOR ME WITH SOME OUTSIDE ENGAGEMENTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE TO WELCOME LORD FERRERS TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE MYSELF. I HOPE A 0900 ARRIVAL WILL BE CONVENIENT FOR HIM.
(D) THE PROGRAMME ON 8 JANUARY FINISHES AT 1545, WHICH WILL GIVE THE MINISTER THE QUIET EVENING BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE WHICH HE HAS ASKED FOR. I HAVE AN OUTSIDE ENGAGEMENT THAT EVENING,
(E) I CONFIRM THAT NO DINNER JACKET IS REQUIRED FOR ANY OF THE
FUNCTIONS.
2. SEPARATELY, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ADVISE WHAT, IF ANY, PUBLICITY THE MINISTER WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO HIS VISIT. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER HAS ALREADY ASKED US FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE VISIT IS
TO TAKE PLACE.
WILSON
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