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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1167 OF 16 AUGUST

PERSONAL FOR BLAKER FROM GOVERNOR.

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16 AUG 1979

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FCO TELNO 215 TO BANGKOK: HEADS OF MISSION MEETING IN JANUARY AND VISIT TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA IN SEPTEMBER..

1. WE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG IN YOUR SEPTEMBER TOUR IN GENEVA. I HAD NOT REALISED THEN THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF YOU BEING IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD ALSO IN JANUARY.

2. IT WOULD DISAPPOINT PEOPLE HERE IF YOU VISITED SOUTH-EAST ASIA IN SEPTEMBER AND DID NOT COME HERE UNLESS IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WOULD BE COMING SAY IN THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY.

3. IF YOU COULD MANAGE A VISIT HERE AFTER YOUR JANUARY VISITS TO THAILAND, MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI, IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT FROM

MY POINT OF VIEW AS SEPTEMBER IS GOING TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY MONTH COMING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE A VISIT TO CANADA ON 30 SEPTEMBER AND THE OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON 11 OCTOBER,

4. IF THIS SWITCH IS IMPOSSIBLE PLEASE STILL COME IN SEPTEMBER, BUT IF IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE TO YOU THE JANUARY DATE WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME.

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