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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, DELHI, BAGHDAD, WASHINGTON, TOKYO, CANBERRA, PARIS, BONN AND SINGAPORE,
MANILA, BANGKOK.
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PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR,
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO VISIT HONG KONG, DELHI AND BAGHDAD AFTER THE TOKYO SUMMIT, ARRIVING IN HONG KONG ON 29 JUNE FOR AT LEAST A NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEREAFTER HIC TIMETABLE CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE HE HAS YET TO CONSIDER
A SUGGESTION FROM LEE KUAN YEW THAT HE MIGHT SPEND A DAY IN BAL!
(1.E. BEFORE CONTINUING TO DELHI) THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD
BEEN PLANNING TO VISIT KUALA LUMPUR BUT HE COULD NOT VISIT BOTH
BALI AND KUALA LUMPUR AND PRESUMABLY RITAUDDIN WILL BE IN BALI
ANYWAY (GRATEFUL IF KUALA LUMPUR COULD CONFIRM THE POINT).
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E. LEE'S SUGGESTION WAS MADE IN A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN
HENNINGS ON 4 JUNE IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS: HE HOPED THAT,
FOLLOWING THE TOKYO SUMMIT, LORD CARRINGTON, WOULD FIND TIME TO
MAKE A BRIEF APPEARANCE AT THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING
AT BALI. MR VANCE AND MR SONODA WOULD BE GOING THERE ON 1 OR 2
JULY, AS WOULD MR PEACOCK. HE BELIEVED, TOO, THAT HERR GENSCHER - WAS ALSO THINKING OF GOING, AND HE HAD PUT OUT THE SUGGESTION
THAT M FRANCOIS-PONCET SHOULD ALSO GO THERE TO REPRESENT THE PRESIDENCY (HENNINGS REMINDED HIM THAT THE PRESIDENCEY SHIFTED TO THE IRISH ON 1 JULY).
3. A POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR THE SCRETARY OF STATE WOULD BE TO
ARRIVE IN BALI LATE ON 30 JUNE AND LEAVE IN THE EARLY EVENING
OF 1 JULY FOR DELHI. HOWEVER, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD
ESTABLISH DISCREETLY AND WITHOUT COMMITTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
IF THE INDONESIANS ARE EXPECTING OTHER FOREIGN MINISTERS
AS LEE HAS SAID AND, IF 30. WHAT PROGRAMME OR ACTIVITY IS ENVISAGED
FOR THE VISITORS. WOULD THERE BE A FULL SESSION OF ASEAN FOREIGN
MINISTERS ON 1 JULY AT WHICH THE VISITORS WOULD PARTICIPATE?
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