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1 4 NOV 1384
TELELETTER
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Sir W Hain
WHandu
FROM: A E DONALD ESQ, JAKARTA
FED
NFR
31 OCTOBER 1984
HID SAD
FOLLOWING FOR :JD BOYD ESQ, FCO
CC: GILMORE, KUALA LUMPUR
CC STAPLES, BANGKOK
CC CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, SINGAPORE
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 19 OCTOBER. YOU WILL OF COURSE
HAVE SEEN MY TEL NO 367.
2. AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE GIVING PROMINENCE TO THE RISK OF
DISAPPOINTING THE ASEANS IF WE GET THINGS WRONG ABOUT
REINSTATING THE PRIME MINISTER'S POSTPONED VISIT. THE POSSIBLE
TIMING OF THE REINSTATEMENT REMAINS THE FIRST QUESTION WE ARE
ASKED N CONTACTS WITH THE BRITISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND INDONESIAN
OFFICIALS. AS REPORTS OF THE POSSIBLE TRIP TO PEKING MULTIPLY
(SEE FOR EXAMPLE COI RETRACT NO 072 OF 23 OCT) THERE WILL BE
RENEWED INTEREST IN THE S.E. ASIA TOUR. BECAUSE OF THE TERMS
OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT SOEHARTO, THE INDONESIANS HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE THINKING OF A DELAY
IN TERMS OF MONTHS RATHER THAN A WHOLE YEAR. SHALL NEED TO
BE ARMED WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE INDONESIANS IF IN THE
EVENT HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT PRIORITY HAS TO BE GIVEN TO THE
PEKING VISIT.
"