OH 1200
CONFIDENTIAL
TELELETTER
FROM: HMA, JAKARTA
REF : 408/1
7 MAY 1935
FOLLOWING FOR : JD N HARTLAND-SWANN ESQ, SEAD, FCO.
SOUTH EAST ASIAN HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE
1. I WAS DELIGHTED TO LEARN ON GETTING BACK FROM TOUR IN MALUKU AND SULAWESI THAT THE IDEA OF HOLDING THE SOUTH EAST
ASIAN HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA IN CONJUNCTION
WITH A VISIT FROM MR LUCE IS COMING ALIVE.
2. AS DAVID CARTER WILL HAVE TOLD YOU, IT WAS VERY CLEAR DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK THAT THE INDONESIANS HAVE READ
THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT AS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF
REVITALISATION OF UK/INDONESIAN RELATIONS AND ARE PINNING
HIGH HOPES ON IT. THE SAME SIGNALS ARE COMING IN ON EVERY NET.
IN THIS CONTEXT, VISITS WILL BE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
THE
AND WE SHALL NEED TO SPACE THEM AND CONSIDER THEIR CONTENT CAREFULLY. DR HABIBIE VISITS LONDON IN EARLY JULY, WHEN I TRUST THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT WILL BE CONCLUDED. WE HAVE AGREEMENT TO THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'S VISIT IN LATE AUGUST WITH A CITY DELEGATION AND I GATHER A POSSIBLE
VISIT BY MR CHANNON IN JULY/AUGUST IS UNDER CONSIDERATION
TIMING OF THIS MAY NEED A LITTLE CARE. TO CARRY THINGS FORWARD BY AN FCO MINISTER VISITING US IN THE AUTUMN SEEMS JUST
RIGHT AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
WILL ALSO BE PLEASED AT THE IDEA OF GATHERING SOUTH EAST
ASIAN HEADS OF MISSION HERE IN JAKARTA. THESE VISITS WOULD
PROVIDE A NATURAL SEQUENCE LEADING TO A REALLY SENIOR VISIT
IN 1986 IDEALLY OF COURSE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.