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FROM BANGKOK 1102002 JUL 23
TO PRIORITY FCO LONDON
TEL NO 327 OF 11 JUL 83
HY TELNO 326, PARAGRAPH 5: VISIT OF THAI FOREIGN MINISTER
1. AMONG THE TOPICS SIDDHI MAY WISH TO RAISE AT TALKS 19 LONDON (APART FROM CAMBODIA), OTHER ASPECTS ON THE INDO-CHINA SITUATION MAY COME UP, IN PARTICULAR THAILAND'S REFUCEE PRODLEN, ON WHICH SEE ALSON MY TELNO 327 AND MY TELELETTER TO BURGES WATSON 243/9 OF 11 JULY ON THE TIMES AWCROSS ARTICLE OF 27 JUNE, IN CASE THAT HAS DEEN DRAWN TO .DDHI'S ATTENTION. IN THE
GENERAL INDO-CHINESE CONTEXT, SIDDHI MAY ENLARGE ON THE CURRENT AUSTRALIAN ROLE AND YOU MAY WISH TO ENQUIRE HOW HE INTENDS TO PLAY THE END-JULY VISIT TO BANGKOK BY THE CHINESE
FOREIGN MINISTER.
2. SIDDHI MAY ALSO RAISE THE ASEAN-EC RELATIONSHIP, PERHAPS IN THE
CONTEXT OF NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS MORE GENERALLY (SEE MY TELNO 313).-FA 022
THE PARTICULAR THAI INTEREST IN TAPIOCA EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY MAY COME UP IN CONNECTION WITH AN AIDE MEMOIRE (UNDERLINED) SENT BY THE COMMISSION TO THE THAI EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS LAST WEEK, EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE HIGH VOLUME OVER THESE EXPORTS IN THE
CURRENT QUARTER.
3. SIDDHI WILL NO DOUBT BE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL HIM (WHICH I REALISE MAY BE VERY LITTLE) ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE FUTURE HONG KONG: THIS TOPIC FIGURED IN HIS DISCUSSIONS HERE WITH LORD BELSTEAD LAST DECEMBER. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SOME MENTION OF SIDDHI'S INTEREST IN OBSERVING THE BRITISH POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM: THIS NO DOUBT ARISES FROM HIS HAVING JOINED A POLITICAL PARTY (SAP) HIMSELF LAST YEAR AND BEING SINCE APRIL AN ELECTED MP
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