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for Colombo. If you and other addresses in ASEAN
posts should be asked by host governments about this
you should stick to the line at (b) above adding that
a final decision on timing and itinerary has yet to
be taken and would, of course, be considered in the
context of the Prime Minister's commitments as a whole
6.
If you are approached by the local media about the
South and Prime Minister's plans to visit/South East Asia you
should say that the Prime Minister hopes to take an
early opportunity to visit in 1985, and decline to be
drawn further.