TNAG-2624-FCO40-3815-Visit-by-Douglas-Hurd--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Co-1992 — Page 139

CONFIDENTIAL

17.

FINANCE

a)

Gifts will be charged to FCO Vote A1(1) (U) (7).

b) Other FCO costs, including common services (transport hiring, entertainment, hire of office machinery etc), will be charged to FCO Vote A1(1) (U) (1) in Manila and to A1 (1) (U) (2) in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. Mr Hewitt's costs to be charged to AUS travel budget. The FCO will also pay the costs of the Royal Military Police. Others will be charged to parent

departments as follows:

c)

Mr Smith

Detectives

Subsistence

Rates Manila

COI

Metropolitan Police

Class A/B 3, 570 Rate of Exchange:

Pesos 47.00 = £1.00

Hong Kong

Class A HK$ 1, 510. 00 Class B HK$ 1, 236.00

Kuala Lumpur

Rate of Exchange:

Class A Ringfit 351 Class B Ringfit 242

Rate of Exchange:

HK$ 14. 771 = £1.00

Ringfit 4. 7740 = £1.00

i) Where members of the party are Guests of Government, one-tenth subsistence will be paid.

ii) Members of the party accommodated in the Residence/ Government House will receive one-third of the appropriate Class A rate of subsistence.

iii) (a)

(b)

Manila: Members of the party accommodated in the Philippine Plaza Hotel will be on conference terms, ie the Embassy will pay the cost of the suites/rooms, standard breakfast, service and taxes, and each individual will receive half the Class A rate to cover all other expenses.

Hong Kong: Members of the party accommodated in the Hilton Hotel will be on conference terms, ie the British Trade Commission will pay the cost of the suites/ rooms, standard breakfast, service and taxes, and each individual will receive half the Class A rate to cover all other expenses.

aaman. mh

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