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FCO TELNO 157 (NOT TO ALL) VISITS OF MR NOTT AND MR PARKINSON

1. THE DATES FOR MR PARKINSON'S VISIT REMAIN AS IN TELNO

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2. IN THE LIGHT OF COMMENTS FROM POSTS, AND OF MR PARKINSON'S

PROGRAMME, MR NOTTIS PROPOSED DATES HAVE BEEN AMENDED. HE NOW

INTENDS TO VISIT HONG KONG FROM 23 SEPTEMBER TO

AM 1 OCTOBER. HE WOULD THEN STAY IN JAKARTA UNTIL

PM 3 OCTOBER, GOING ON TO KUALA LUMPUR

UNTIL PM 5 OCTOBER.HE WOULD THEN VISIT BANGKOK UNTIL 7 OCTOBER

3. WE HOPE THESE REVISED TIMINGS WILL BE ACCEPTABLE. THEY WOULD

SEEM TO IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF GENERAL PREM BEING IN BANGKOK

DURING MR NOTT'S VISIT (BANGKOK TELNO 327 NOT TO ALL) AND WOULD

SEPARATE HIS TIME IN JAKARTA MORE NEATLY BOTH FROM MR

PARKINSON'S DATES AND THE ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATIONS ON

5 OCTOBER.

4. (FOR KUALA LUMPUR) WE HAD CONSIDERED WHETHER MR NOTT MIGHT

VISIT YOU ON 28 SEPTEMBER, IN THE HOPE OF CATCHING DR MAHATHIR

BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR MELBOURNE: BUT THIS WOULD CAUSE SERIOUS

PROBLEMS FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE TOUR AND WE MIGHT NOT IN ANY

CASE BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THE NECESSARY MEETINGS.

WE STILL HOWEVER BELIEVE A VISIT TO KUALA LUMPUR WOULD BE

VALUABLE EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF DR MAHATHIR, NOT LEAST SINCE THE

MALAYSIANS MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND IF MR NOTTS VISIT TO KUALA LUMPUR

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