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r, en � CO} (v) � � � ['-�� � � � (J 0:::: < en :z u.J ::=;) 0::: >< w u � __, � w 0 (..) en c::a u.. <C � I .. • \() ITINERARY FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Date Itinerary Time Hours Airline Equipmt St From +Flgt GMT Number Wed. 18 April Lv: London (LHR) 10:30 +1 BA 193 sse 0 Ar: New York (JFK) 08:25 -5 Thu. 19 April Lv: New York (JFK) 09:30 -5 BA 192 sse 0 Ar: Lonaon (LHR) 19:10 +1 or Thu. 19 April Lv: New York (JFK) 13:45 -5 BA 194 ::;::;c 0 Ar: London (LHR) 23:25 +1 Fri. 20 April Lv : Lonaon (LHR) 17:15 +l IB 50S 727 0 Ar: Palma ae 20:12 +2 Mallorca (Hotel Son Vida) or Thu. 26 April Lv: Maaria 12:35 +2 Tw 903 7.;7 0 Ar: New York (JFK) 13:15 -5 end of tlie visfi to -r;ondon. 0477/13 April 1984 SEC RETARY�GENERAL'S TR IP TO LONDON AND MADRID 15 - 26 April 1984 Sunaay, 15 April 1984 10.00 Departure for London PA 100 (747) 22.40 Arrival in Lonaon (welcomea by IML Secretary-General, Mr. Erik Jensen ana Minister of State Ray Whitney) (Hotel Savoy) Monaay, 16 April 1984 09.30 Mr. Gamani Corea (at hotel) 10.00 ACC opens (private session) 13.00 Luncheon given by IMO Secretary-General (Toast by �ecretary-General) 15.00-18.30 ACC (tormal session) 17.00 Secretary-General leaves for 10 Downing Street 17.30 Meeting with Prime Minister (Messrs. B. Urquhart, de Soto) 20.00 Dinner by Prime Minister in honour of ACC at 10 Downing Street (Secretary-General, Messrs. B. Urquhart, Rueaas, Yolah, Ripert, Bi Jilong, Akashi ana ae Olivares) (Toast by Secretary-General) Tu esaay , 17 Apr il 1984 09.30 Se cre tar y-Gener al to addr ess staff of IMO for 5 to 10 mi nutes 10.00 ACC 13.00 Lu ncheon by Lady Young (Foreign Secretar y is in Hon g Kong an a Ch ina) (Th e Secretar y-General, Me ssr s. B. Urquh art, de Ol iv ares, de Soto , Gi uliani , Picco , Er ik Je nsen) (n o Toast) 15.00-18.00 ACC 18.30 IMu Re ce ption for ACC 19.00 Se cr e tary-Gener al le ave s for UNA 19.15-20.00 Se cr e tar y-Gene ral give s br ief spee ct. to UNA-UK an a an swe rs fe w que sti on s Fr ee evening Weanesaay, 18 April 1984 10.30-11.00 Meeting with Sir Donala Maitland, Chairman of the Independent commission for World-Wiae Telecommunications and former Permanent Secretary (at the hotel) 11.00-11.30 Meeting with west German Ambassador von wechmar (at the hotel) 11.30 Meeting with 5 or 6 representatives of the press - "off recora" - not a press conference (at the hotel) 12.00 Italian Senator Giovanni MALAGODI, President, Liberal Parties International Union, Rome (at the hotel) TO BE CO�F I�lliD UPON ARRIVAL IN LONDON* 13.30 Luncheon by Secretary-General of commonwealth Free afternoon and evening *Senator Malagodi wants to speak about: a) protection of the right to privacy, b) treedom of press and information, and c) peace movements ana aisarmament. He can be reached at the Italian Embassy in London, telephone no. 62� 82 00 0 R 10.30 Departure for New York BA 193 SSC (Secretary-General, Mr. B. Urquhart and Mr. breen) 20.25 Arrival New York (JFK) Thursday, 19 April 1984 Lunch with Ambassaaor of Peru in Lonaon 17.15 Departure from London to Palma IB 505 (Minister of State Ray Whitney sees Secretary- General off) 20.15 Arrival in Palma (Hotel Son Vida) 0 R Frida:t:r 20 A,eril 1984 Palma Saturaay, 21 A,eril 1984 Palma Sunday, 22 April 1984 Palma t-'londay, 23 A,eril 1984 Palma Tuesaay, 24 April 1984 Official visit to Spain 07.55 Departure from Palma IB 431 08.50 Arrival in Madrid (Hotel Ritz) 13.00 Meeting with the Presiaent of the Government in the Palace ot Moncloa (Mr. Felipe Gonzalez) 14.15 Lunch offered by Mr. Gonzalez (Palace of Moncloa) (Secretary-General, Mrs. Perez de Cuellar, �essrs. Iglesias, Ruedas, de Olivares, Giuliani ana Miss Vidal) 17.30 Meeting with the Foreign Minister (Mr. Fernanoo Moran) 21.15 Dinner hostea by Foreign Minister (Palacio de Viana) (Secretary-General ana Mrs. Perez de Cuellar and probably rest of the party) Wednesday, 25 April 1984 10.30 Meeting with the President of the Congress of the Deputies (Mr. Gregorio Peces-Barba) 11.00 Meeting with Parliamentarians 13.30 Private lunch offered for the Secretary-General ana Mrs. Perez de Cuellar by the King and the Queen of Spain (Palacio ae la zarzuela) 17.30 Visit to the world Tourism Organization (OMT - Robert Lonati) 18.30 Spain Association for Unitea Nations (at hotel) 21.00 Dinner at Congress of Deputies (without Mrs. Perez de Cuellar) Thursaay, 26 April 1984 09.00 Leave Hotel for airport 10.30 Press conference at Barajas airport 12.35 Departure for New York TWA 903 13.15 Arrival in New York (JFK) 1144E 10 April 1984 Secretary-General's discussion with Mrs. Thatcher (economic issues only) I. POINTS THAT MAY BE RAISED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL It should be recalled that Mrs •.Thatcher will chair the next Summit of industrialized nations. The Secretary-General may wish to concentrate on three key issues namely: i) the continuing difficulties in many parts of the third world, especially Africa and several Latin American countries; ii) the need to take some specific measures especially on aid, debt and trade, at the forthcoming Summit; iii) the role of the United Nations. On i) above - difficulties of developing countries - the Secretary-General may in the first place wish to congratulate Mrs. Thatcher on the recovery in the United Kingdom, but he may wish to express concern at the polarization 1n the economic record of the prosperous industrial countries on the one hand, and the developing countries on the other. No doubt developing countries have to do their maximum to implement sound domestic policies - and the Secretary-General has on every opportunity underlined this point. But the Secretary-General would argue together with .Mr. Clausen that exactly at a moment when many developing countries are responding to the need for internal reforms; support from industrial countriea seems to be weak in terms of finance and access to markets. This is most unfortunate. -2- 0n ii) - the need for action - the Secretary-General may highlight in particular the following; {a) the United Kingdom should press ahead in the battle against protectionism. The European Community is a tremendously important market for goods from developing countries, and ultimately, expanding trade with developing countries is the real answer to several problems. While succeeding Summits have made declarations against protectionism, the real trends are in the opposite direction. The Secretary-General may wish to express his great concern at this situation, and call for genuine halting and rolling back of protectionist measures. b) the need to search for innovative and longer-term solutions to the debt problems,in place of the somewhat ad hoc approaches adopted hitherto. Strong concern could be expressed on the excessive strain in developing countries imposed by the present conditions. The burden of the solution should be more broadly shared between creditors and debtors. (c) aid and other long-term finance to low-income, especially to African countries. In this connection, the Secretary-General may express great disappointment regarding the outcome of the negotiations on IDA VII. Any action that can be taken to redress the effects of this setback should be urgently taken, including increase in bilateral aid. On iii) - role of the United Nations - it could be mentioned that the United Kingdom, being one of the permanent members of the Security Council, have a special interest and responsibility in strengthening the integrity and effectiveness of the United Nations system in the economic and • -3- social epheree. With all its faults - and the Secretary-General is among the first to recognize them - the system has much achievement to its credit. The Secretary-General has done his best within his own competence to meet the criticisms against the Organization. His discussions in London with his colleagues are designed to enhance the coherence of the system. If governments have specific problems with the United Nations they are best raised in a constructive and consultative spirit, without the �se of threats to depart. The principle of universality is an important cornerstone of the United Nations. II. BACKGROUND Economic situation in the United Kingdom There is considerable satisfaction and optimism in Mrs. Thatcher's Government regarding the evolution of the British economy: satisfaction is felt because the nearly 3% growth rate experienced in 1983 with low inflation is regarded as a vindication of the monetarist policies pursued by Mrs. Thatcher since she came to power. Of course there continue to exist considerable unemployment and tensions with trade unions. Optimism is expressed by the Government because there is a feeling that the present overall trend is sustainable in the period to come. In the forthcoming summit of the seven industrial countries (London, 7-9 June), Mrs. Thatcher will no doubt use this positive atmosphere to her advantage. President Reagan will similarly want to take satisfaction from th� United States recovery which is going ahead fairly strongly. Nonetheless, serious question marks continue to be raised in connection with the U.S. recovery, including by Mrs. Thatcher who has publicly questioned the United States policies of la rge public deficit and high interest rates, on the grounds that these affect other countries in a negative manner.