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TELEGRAM NUMBER 407 OF 15 JUNE

AND TO KUALA LUMPUR, DELHI, BAGHDAD INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, TOKYO,

BANGKOK, JAKARTA, PARIS AND BONN

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CANBERRA,SINGAPORE, MANILA,

MY TELNO 395 TO HONG KONG : POST TOKYO TRAVEL

1. NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT 1230 OUR TIME ON

MONDAY 18 JUNE THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

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FOLLOWING THE TOKYO SUMMIT, LORD CARRINGTON WILL VISIT HONG KONG, KUALA LUMPUR, DELHI AND BAGHDAD, HE WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG LATE ON FRIDAY 29 JUNE, AND DEPART FOR KUALA LUMPUR ON THE EVENING OF

SATURDAY 30 JUNE. HE WILL SPEND SUNDAY 1 JULY IN KUALA LUMPUR

THEREAFTER FLYING TO DELHI, WHERE HE WILL SPEND A LITTLE OVER 24 HOURS BETWEEN MONDAY 2 JULY AND TUESDAY 3 JULY, HE WILL ARRIVE IN

BAGHDAD ON THE EVENING OF 3 JULY, LEAVING ON THE AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY 4 JULY FOR LONDON.

ENDS.

2. AS BACKGROUND BRIEFING NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL SAY THAT LORD

CARRINGTON'S VISIT TO HONG KONG HAD BEEN IN MIND FOR SOME TIME, HE

WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE OUTSTANDING PROGRESS

ACHIEVED THERE IN RECENT YEARS. IN KUALA LUMPUR AND DELHI HE HOPES

TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON BILATERAL ISSUES, AS WELL AS ON GENERAL

TOPICS INCLUDING THOSE LIKELY TO FIGURE AT THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS

OF GOVERNMENT MEETING IN LUSAKA. IT WILL BE THE FIRST VISIT OF A

FOREIGN SECRETARY TO KUALA LUMPUR SINCE 1969, AND TO DELHI SINCE 1972, ALTHOUGH LORD CARRINGTON HIMSELF HAS VISITED BOTH CAPITALS IN RECENT YEARS. THE VISIT TO BAGHDAD, WHICH IS AT THE INVITATION OF THE IRAQ! GOVERNMENT, WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS A

VARIETY OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING BILATERAL RELATIONS AND CLOSER

COOPERATION WITH IRAQ, AS WELL AS THE SITUATION IN THE REGION.

3. PLEASE SO INFORM GOVERNMENTS TO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED.

CARRINGTON

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