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ITEM INTO THE PROGRAMME.
(E) THE BRIEFING ON VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON THE WAY TO WHITEHEAD. APART FROM THE WALKABOUT IN THE CENTRE, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO INMATES, MR. GOODLAD COULD MEET THE PRESS AT THE END OF HIS VISIT TO GIVE HIS VISIT GOOD PUBLICITY.
(F) THE BRIEFING ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE HELICOPTER TOUR HAS BEEN CUT DOWN TO AN HOUR.
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(G) THE MEETINGS WITH THE POLITICAL GROUPS WILL BE FOR HALF
HOUR EACH.
(H) I CAN SYMPATHISE WITH THE MINISTER'S WISH TO SHORTEN HIS MEETING WITH OMELCO MEMBERS TO HALF AN HOUR. HOWEVER, THIS IS LIKELY TO RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS AMONG INDEPENDENT' MEMBERS OF
OMELCO WHO MAY FEEL THAT THEY ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF A USEFUL EXCHANGE WITH THE MINISTER. THIS RISK DOES NOT REALLY SEEM WORTH RUNNING. I THEREFORE ADVISE AGAINST SHORTENING THE MEETING.
(I) A HALF AN HOUR MEETING WITH THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ADDED, AT 1600 ON TUESDAY 26 MAY.
(J) FOR THE COMMUNITY LUNCH ON 27 MAY, WE SUGGEST THREE TABLES, AT EACH OF WHICH THE MINISTER WOULD SIT FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MEAL.
(K) THE MEETING WITH THE POLITICAL ADVISER WILL NOW BE FROM 1200 TO 1230, TO ALLOW THE MINISTER A FULL HOUR WITH UKREP JLG BEFOREHAND.
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GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE THE MINISTER'S COMMENTS ON THE REVISED PROGRAMME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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GRATEFUL ALSO TO KNOW IF MR. GOODLAD HAS ANY SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS. HE WILL BE SERVED AT LEAST ONE CHINESE MEAL DURING THE WEEK.
WILSON
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