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(D) TO PURSUE, AS APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME, BRITISH COMMERCIAL/ DEFENCE INTERESTS (EG LEASE OF TORNADO AIRCRAFT, THE KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT ETC).
(E) TO ENABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET SOME OF DR MAHATHIR'S POTENTIAL SUCCESSORS (BADAWI, NAJIB, ANWAR IBRAHIM).
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I THINK MR BADAWI WILL SEEK THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VIEWS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL IN OCTOBER: THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG: CAMBODIA: YUGOSLAVIA (THERE IS MALAYSIAN CONCERN ABOUT THE FATE OF BOSNIAN MUSLIMS): EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DURING THE BRITISH PRESIDENCY: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CIS (BADAWI VISITED SEVERAL MEMBER STATES EARLIER THIS YEAR AND KOSYREV IS LIKELY TO VISIT KUALA LUMPUR AROUND 15/16 JULY BEFORE ATTENDING THE OPENING OF THE MANILA PMC): FOLLOW UP TO THE RIO UNCED SUMMIT: AND, POSSIBLY, GATT. DR MAHATHIR IS LESS PREDICTABLE. HE MAY WELL WANT TO COVER THE GENERAL ISSUES (AS WITH BADAWI) BUT HE MAY ALSO RAISE BILATERAL TOPICS (DEFENCE BUSINESS, THE KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR SERVICES). IF WE SEEK CALLS ON OTHER MINISTERS THEY ARE LIKELY TO RAISE ISSUES WITHIN THEIR COMPETENCE (HAJIB CURRENT DEFENCE
BUSINESS: ANWAR IBRAHIM THE KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT: RAFIDAH AZIZ GATT).
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7. GIVEN THE IMMINENCE OF THE PROPOSED VISIT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
IF I COULD BE INSTRUCTED TO SPEAK TO THE MALAYSIAN MFA EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
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