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FM SEOUL 110725Z JAN 84

ΤΟ IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 12 OF 11 JANUARY 1984

AND TO PRIORITY TOKYO

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG

13 JAN 1984

DESK OFFICĒJ

VEX

F CO TEL NO 3: PROPOSED VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.

WHILE PROPOSED DATES ARE FINE IN PRINCIPLE, KOREANS SAY THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A CONFLICTING STATE VISIT FROM QUOTE A MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY UNQUOTE AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE US A DEFINITE ANSWER UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SPRECKLEY.

LIMITED

FED

HKD

PROTOCOL.D.

PS

PS/PUS

MR.DONALD

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