DSR 11 (Revised)
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PS/No 10
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SUBJECT:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: ASIA
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1.
In your letter to me of 6 November you agreed
that we should warn the governments in Jakarta,
Kuala Lumpur and Singapore before the Prime
Minister's visit to Peking was announced.
2. The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
recommends that as the announcement is likely to
be made on 29 November our posts should now be
sent instructions on the lines of the enclosed
draft telegram.
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3. The decision of the Prime Minister to visit
China to sign the agreement will come as little
surprise and Dr Mahathir and the other leaders
seem unlikely to be offended that Mrs Thatcher
will not go also to South East Asia. Neither the
Malaysians nor the Indonesians would have wanted
a visit to their countries to be linked to one
to China, particularly as the latter would be
widely seen to be the more important of the tour.
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