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TO INMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 616 OF 17 NOV 32
HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE:
5 NOVEMBER
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SUPNS TELELETTER TO ME OF
1. PARA 2 OF DUANS TELELETTER ASKED FOR SPEECH THEMES FOR THE
JCCASIONS ON WHICH LORE TELSTEAD WOULD BE EXPECTED TO SPEAK
DURING HIS VISIT THERE ARE TWO LIKELY OCCASIONS WHEN SHORT
(FIVE MINUTE) SPEECHES BY THE MINISTER WILL BE APPROPRIATE.
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2. THE FIRST IS THE GOVERNMENT LUNCH OR DINNER, PROBABLY ON
13 DECEMBER, WHEN LORD EELSTEAD WILL BE RESPONDING TO ACH SITTHI'S
OPENING REMARKS AND TOAST. AS THIS FALLS DURING THE CONFERENCE
PERIOD, A COMBINATION OF DILATERAL AND MORE GENERALISED POINTS
WOULD PERHAPS BE APPROPRIATE I SUGGEST THAT THE MINISTEP
SHOULD REAFFIRM HMC'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ASEAN AS A GROUP (UCITCATSS OUR LINE OVER CAMBODIA AND THE CODK, AID TO REFUGEES, ETC) AND SHOULD SUPPORT THIS WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE HOLDING
A HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE IN THE REGION, THE MINISTER MIGHT GO
ON TO SAY THAT AS BETWEEN ASEAR AND EC MEMBER STATES THERE IS
A NEED TO CONSULT BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, RECENT
EXAMPLES IN OUR OWN CASE HAVE INCLUDED LORD CARRINGTON'S VISIT
TO THAILAND AND PREM'S TO BRITAIN, A MOST SUCCESSFUL ROYAL VISIT AND VISITS BY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF HMG, INCLUDING LORD BELSTEAD HIMSELF. MULTILATERALLY WE HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF
CONTACTS WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES IN NEW YORK AND FURTHEP PILAT-
ERAL CONTACTS AFTER THE UNGA. ALL THESE HAVE GIVEN US OPPORTUN-
ITIES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH OUR THAI AND OTHER ASEAN FRIENDS OVER A RANCE OF ISSUES WHERE WE SHARE SO MUCH COMMON GROUND,
LORD BELSTEAD MIGHT WISH TO FORMALLY THANK ACM SIDDHI FOR THE PERSONAL ROLE HE HAS PLAYED IN ALL HIS CONTACTS AND FOR THE SUPPORTIVE THAT ABSTENTION AT THE UNGA ON THE FALKLANDS PESOLUTION.
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THE SECOND OCCASION, THE RETURN DINNER IN THE EMBASSY, WILL FALL DURING THE OFFICIAL VISIT AND WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY + IN THE MINISTER'S SPEECH PROPOSING THE TOAST, TO REINFORCE OUR APPRECIATION OF A REMARKABLE YEAR FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS. THE MINISTER MIGHT EMPHASISE THAT IT HAS BEEN NOST FITTING THAT THE BATTANAKOSIT FICENTENNIAL YEAR CHOULD HAVE WITNESSED SC HANY VALUABLE HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS (THE LIST FIGHT BE EXPANDET TO INCLUDE THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'S VISIT, THE PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE LATER THIS PORTH IN DANCKOK OF THE ROYAL SADLEP'S VELLS DALLET COMPANY AND THE INAUGURATION OF THE FUDDHIST TEMPLE IN WIMBLEDON). 1982 HAS ALSO BEEN COOD FOR ECONOMIC LINKS
AND IN THESE CONTACTO THE LINISTER NICHT RPIEFLY MENTION TOT C ANL MINI HYDROS. LOOKING FORWARD, LORD BELSTEAD MIGHT WISH TO REASSURE THE THAIS THAT HHS VILL STRIVE TO MAINTAIN THIS IMPETUS IN ANGLO-THAT RELATIONS (HE HAVE IL PROSPECT FOR NEXT YEAR,
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