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CONFIDENTIAL

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APS/Mr Goodlad

28 July 1992

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MR GOODLAD'S TRAVEL PLANS

1. Mr Goodlad would be grateful for the Secretary of State's agreement to him visiting Hong Kong and Vietnam from

Friday September to Sunday 13 September, Indonesia and Cambodia from 17 - 25 September and Thailand from

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15 October.

Mr Goodlad is obliged to split what might otherwise be

a single visit into 3 separate trips because of OPD (K) on

15 September (which he very much wishes to attend),

Prince Sihanouk ́s availability in Cambodia and the timing of the Thai elections.

Hong Kong and Vietnam

3. Mr Goodlad has to transit Hong Kong on his way to Hanoi. He thinks that it would be very useful to spend two days there shortly before OPD (K) talking to the Governor, British officials and senior Hong Kong politicians.

He will spend the weekend of 5 - 6 September with the Pattens privately.

4. The purpose of visiting Vietnam is to build on the successful visit by the Vietnamese Foreign Minister last month, to develop the bilateral relationship particularly in the commercial sphere, and to cement the present good cooperation over the return of Vietnamese migrants. Because of the difficulties of travelling in Vietnam, Mr Goodlad will need four days there to undertake a full range of calls in Hanoi, visit a province where significant numbers of Vietnamese migrants are returning and where we have a number of aid projects and spend a day in Ho Chi Minh City where he will wish to make commercial calls and follow up our moves to regain possession of the former Embassy building.

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