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FM FCO 041623Z OCT 79

TO PRIORITY MANILA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 222 OF 4 OCTOBER

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REVIVED IN REGISTRY MA 51

8 OCT 1979

AND TO SINGAPORE

INFO HONG KONG JAKARTA

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INDEX

RESTRY

FOLLOWING FROM PS/MR BLAKER

MR BLAKER'S VISIT: SOVIET REACTION

1. THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT PLEASED WITH SOME OF MR BLAKER'S. OBSERVATIO ABOUT INDO CHINA DURING HIS SOUTH EAST ASIAN TOUR. THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A TRANSCRIPT OF ANY RELEVANT EXCHANGES. AS I RECALL THERE WAS A SOVIET JOURNALIST AT MR BLAKER'S PRESS CONF- ERENCE IN SINGAPORE. GRATEFUL FOR TRANSCRIPT. IN MANILA I THINK IT MAY BE QUOTE FACE THE NATION UNQUOTE WHICH HAS INCURRED SOVIET DISPLEASURE. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PERSUADE THE FILIPINOS TO LET US HAVE A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PROGRAMME

CARRINGTON

FILES FESD. SEAP.

KKGD.

NEWS D. 01.0.

PS/MR BLAKER. MR BULLARD, MR CORTAZZI MR FERGUSSON

MR HURRAY.

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