220923Z
REFERRED TO HD/HKD FOR DISTRIBUTION ADVICCE
LNMDAN 4981
RESTRICTED
00 FCOLN
SMHPAN 8258
FM SINGA TO FCOLN
22063OZ MAY
GRS 222
RESTRICTED PERSONAL
FM SINGAPORE
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 167
OF 220630Z MAY 92
PERSONAL FOR PETER RICKETTS, HKD.
YOUR TELNO 126.
1. I HAVE SEEN PROPOSAL IN TUR ON MY RETURN TO POST TODAY. I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME MR AND MRS PATTEN AND THEIR DAUGHTERS EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG BETWEEN 6-9 JULY AS PROPOSED. YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT IN SUGGESTING THAT EDEN HALL WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE SAFE HAVEN, AS INDEED IS SINGAPORE GENERALLY.
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I AM SURE THAT THE TOP SINGAPORE HIERARCHY WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SPEAK WITH MR PATTEN WHILE HE IS HERE. DAVID WILSON, DURING HIS MOST RECENT VISIT HERE LAST NOVEMBER, DID INDEED CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER, SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW AND THE FOREIGN MINISTRY (WONG KAN SENG WAS AWAY AT THE TIME). AS SOON AS YOU GIVE ME THE GO AHEAD · I WILL ARRANGE A PROGRAMME OF CALLS, CONSCIOUS OF MR PATTEN'S WISH TO KEEP BUSINESS TO A MINIMUM. WOULD HE OBJECT TO A SEMI-WORKING DINNER WITH WIVES WITH SOME OF THE TOP SINGAPOREANS, HOWEVER, SHOULD ONE PROVE POSSIBLE?
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MR PATTEN MIGHT NOT RECALL BUT WE DID HAVE SOME BRIEF CONTACT IN HIS BATH CONSTITUENCY WHEN I WAS SECONDED TO NEI AND HE WAS OPENING STOTHERT AND PITT'S NEW PREMISES ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO WELCOME HIM HERE AND, BUSINESSWISE, THERE IS MUCH POINT IN HIS SECURING GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT FROM THE OUTSET.
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