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FM KUALA LUMPUR 19035OZ JUL 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 283 OF 19 JULY
MY TELNO 276: VISIT BY GHAZALI SHAFIE
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1. THE FOREIGN MINISTER TOLD ME AT A RECEPTION ON SUNDAY NIGHT THAT HE
WAS MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS VISIT TO LONDON. THERE WERE TWO POINTS IN PARTICULAR THAT HE WISHED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU:
A) HONGKONG. GHAZALI WOULD WELCOME A BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT STAGE
REACHED IN THE TALKS IN PEKING.
B) PALESTINE. HE SAID THE CONFERENCE ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE WHICH TOOK PLACE HERE IN MAY (MS MCCOMB'S LETTER OF 12 MAY TO BOWN, SEAD REFERS) HAD ACHIEVED A QUOTE BREAKTHROUGH UNQUOTE. THE PLO HAD ACCEPTED THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORY FOLLOWING A RETURN BY ISRAEL TO PRE-1967 BORDERS. HE SUGGESTED THAT THIS IMPLIED PLO RECOGNITION TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
2. GHAZALI'S REASONING ON THIS LATTER POINT IS TENUOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT THE MALAYSIANS ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO THE CONFERENCE HELD HERE AND IT WOULD BE AS WELL TO SHOW SOME INTEREST WHEN GHAZALI
RAISES THE SUBJECT.
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