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8 JUN 1978

DENK OFFICE

INDEX

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Action Teken

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S LUNCH MEETING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN APPATRS ON 13 JUNE: RAIEPING

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1. The Secretary of State is giving lunch to Mr Peacock on Tuesday 13 June during which they are likely to have an informal tour d'horizon on foreign affairs topics. Briefing will not be required on subjects such as Rhodesia and Namibia with which the Secretary of State is already familiar. I set out below a suggested list of briefs with an indication of the Department responsible. Further briefs may have to be added nearer the time, eg. on Australian/E8C relations, if circumstances make this necessary.

Brunei

Title of brief

De-colonisation in the South Pacific

Australia and the Commonwealth

(Mr Peacock will be riving an address to the Royal Commonwealth Society on this subjec on var evening of 12 June and I have asked Australia House for an advance copy of his text if it becomes available.)

Department responsible

SEAD

PDTD

CCD (consulting SWPD)

China and Hong Kong

HKD/FED

Japan (to cover the differences in the UK and Australian approaches to Japanese surpluses)

FED

The draft paper on Anglo-Australian Relations

SWPD

2. Briefs should be as mort as nos.ible (not longer than two pages), with a line to take and backround where necessary.

They should be headed he Sporetary of State's meeting with the Australian Foredom Mindruer, 13 June 1973" and should contain at the end the name of the originating department(s) and the date. While the Private Office have not yet set a deadline for the briefs /to be

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