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renewed criticism of our aid policy. Mr Hewitt thought that the Secretary of State's line, that the decision had been good for British trade, was difficult to criticise.
THAILAND
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Mr Goodlad reported on his October visit. We must continue to take Thailand seriously. The Foreign Secretary's planned visit at Easter would help. Mr Hewitt said that Ministerial visits assisted UK companies in cracking this difficult market.
CAMBODIA
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Mr Hewitt thought it unlikely that Prince Sihanouk would return to Cambodia until Summer 1994. The Hun Sen/Ranariddh administration had bedded down well. The Cambodian army had shown it could contain the Khmer Rouge. The Thais were cutting supplies to the Khmer Rouge. But the latter were still capable of disruption. The question of a UN Integrated Office was now for G77 to discuss. We had agreed that 20 military liaison officers would remain in Cambodia for 6 months after UNTAC's withdrawal. Your instinct was that having got out of Cambodia we should stay out. Mr Hewitt said that ODA had now contributed a further £200,000 to de-mining: we should seek a higher profile for our efforts. Mr Goodlad said that the Secretary of State and he thought we needed to retain some kind of presence in Phnom Penh or we would be exposed politically. You said that the Board of Management would consider the case soon. There were other places in Asia where the money would be usefully spent.
VIETNAM
8. Mr Hewitt said Vietnam should have debt relief on 'Trinidad Terms'. Debts to the UK were small and we could be upfront in arguing for concessionality at the Paris Club meeting in December (cf Japan and France). ECGD cover and up to £50m ATP might be forthcoming once agreement on concessionality was reached. The Minister thought it would be excellent if this could be achieved before the Secretary of State's Easter visit. Mr Hewitt said we were in close touch with UNHCR on this.
JAPAN
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Mr Goodlad announced his forthcoming visit to Japan. main Parliamentary interest was in Far East POWS, where he would test the temperature of the new Japanese Government. Mr Fry said that Mr Hum had chaired a recent meeting with FEPOW organisations. It had been decided to sound out Lord Jenkin as a potential future Chairman of a committee to raise
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