TNAG-1257-FCO40-1590-Third-countries-and-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 85

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CONTRAST 1981 MELBOURNE COMMUNIQUE HAD SEPARATE SECTIONS ON

ALMOST EVERY POLITICAL SUBJECT DISCUSSED.

4. WE WOULD SEE GREAT ADVANTAGE IN REVERTING TO SINGAPORE AND

OTTAWA MODELS. ONE WAY WOULD BE TO ARRANGE POLITICAL PART OF

COMMUNIQUE TO INCLUDE ONE SECTION LISTING COMMONWEALTH

TERRITORIES WHICH FEEL UNDER THREAT OF ATTACK OR SUBVERSION

(LESOTHO, ZIMBABWE, GUYANA, CYPRUS, BELIZE, THE FALKLANDS).

ANOTHER SECTION MIGHT SIMPLY NOTE THAT HEADS OF GOVERNMENT HAD

DISCUSSED OTHER SUBJECTS OF LESS IMMEDIATE COMMONWEALTH CONCERN

(THE MIDDLE EAST). A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEPARATE SECTIONS MIGHT COVER OTHER SUBJECTS (NAMIBIA, DISARMAMENT, AFGHANISTAN). Α

SIMILAR APPROACH COULD BE APPLIED TO ECONOMIC PART OF

COMMUNIQUE.

5. YOU COULD AT YOUR DISCRETION SAY THAT I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS

IDEA WITH RAMPHAL, WHO THOUGHT IT INTERESTING AND WORTH TRYING.

HE COMMENTED THAT IT WOULD FIT IN WELL WITH HIS OWN WISH THAT

DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE FAR-REACHING AND REFLECTIVE, AND SHOULD NOT SIMPLY GO THROUGH A LONG LIST OF SEPARATE PROBLEMS ONE AFTER THE

OTHER. HE ADDED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AIR OUR

IDEA AT THE SESSION TO DISCUSS CHOGM PROCEDURES WHICH HE PLANNED

TO HOLD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY.

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NAMIBIA (ACCRA, BANJUL, BRIDGETOWN (FOR BARBADOS), CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DHAKA, DAR ES SALAAM, FREETOWN, GABORONE, HARARE, LAGOS, LILONGWE, LUSAKA, MASERU, MBABANE, NAIROBI, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON).

WE UNDERSTAND

WE SHALL

WE LOOK FORWARD TO A FRANK DISCUSSION OF NAMIBIA.

THE GENERAL CONCERN AT THE APPARENT LACK OF PROGRESS.

REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO AN EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF SCR 435.

WE HOPE DISCUSSION WILL BE CONSTRUCTIVE AND WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN

THE GOOD ATMOSPHERE AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE FIVE AND AFRICAN

MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH ON THIS ISSUE. WE HOPE THAT

DISCUSSION CAN SEEK TO IDENTIFY CONSTRUCTIVE AND REALISTIC

PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE ACTION. (FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, RAMPHAL HAS TOLD ME THAT HE HAS MADE THIS POINT TO PRESIDENT NYERERE.)

FULL GUIDANCE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PLAY WILL ISSUE

SEPARATELY.

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