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FM KUALA LUMPUR 080240Z NOV 34
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 385 OF 8 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA
YOU? TELNO 233: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
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WHEN I CALLED ON RAJARAM AT THE MFA YESTERDAY ON OTHER BUSINESS, HE VOLUNTEERED THE INFORMATION THAT HE WAS SETTING UP A PROGRAMME FOR DR MAHATHIR TO VISIT SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES NEXT APRIL. HE SAID THAT THE PRIME MINISTER PLANNED TO LEAVE MALAYSIA ON ABOUT 30 MARCH AND EXPECTED TO BE AWAY FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 WEEKS. THE VISIT WOULD INCLUDE THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES
AND AUSTRIA.
2. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT LOOKS AS IF MY SUGGESTION THAT WE SHOULD LOOK SERIOUSLY AT THE POSSIBLITY OF A VISIT DURING THE EASTER RECESS WILL NOT BE A STAFTER, AS FAR AS MALAYSIA IS CONCERNED.
3. I SHOULD REPORT, INCIDENTALLY, THAT SEVERAL MEA OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE SECRETARY GENEPAL AND THE HEAD OF PROTOCOL, HAVE VOLUNTEERED THE THOUGHT WITHOUT PROMPTING THAT THE MALAYSIANS WOULD NOT THINK IT APPROPRIATE IF THE PRIME MINISTER WAS TO VISIT MALAYSIA ON THE WAY TO OR FROM HER PEKING TRIP. THEY MAKE THE POINT THAT THE SIGNATURE OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT IS BOUND TO TAKE THE LIMELIGHT AND THAT THE MALAYSIAN VISIT WOULD
BE MUCH IN ITS SHADE.
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