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P.U.S.

CONFIDENTIAL

through Mr. Walsh Atkins

Sir Neil Pritchard

4/

Royal Visits Committee

Note for Special Meeting on 7 April 1967

A special meeting of the Royal Visits Committee

will be held in Sir Burke Trend's Room, Cabinet

Office at 3.30p.m. on 7 April.

2. The minutes of the last meeting held on

21 February are at 'A'.

3. No agenda has been received to date, but it

will be remembered that the meeting is convened

primarily to consider the advice of Her Majesty's

representatives in South East Asia about the

possibility of a visit by ne Queen and the Duke

of Edinburgh in 1968.

4. There is no other matter which requires urgent

consideration with the exception of that mentioned

in paras. 9-10 below,

5.

'B'.

The advice of the Commonwealth Office is at

Sir Michael Walker confirms that a visit by

The Queen to Malaysia would be most welcome.

Factors arising between ourselves and the Malaysians

in the context of the Defence Review are not likely

to be material. Mr. Rob is more equivocal. The

immediate prospect in Singapore appears to him to

be not unfavourable, but the Defence Review may

create difficulties. Owing however to the character

of the relationship between Malaysia and Singapore,

he considers that on balance a visit to Singapore

should be encouraged if one is made to Kuala Lumpur.

/He

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