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exceptional and is being undertaken because of
the need to sign the agreement on Hong Kong
before the end of the year.
b) The Prime Minister remains particularly keen
to reinstate her visit to South East Asia when
the industrial situation permits and is looking
for suitable dates in the first half of 1985.
c) If asked about extending ber visit to China
and Hong Kong to include other Asian countries
you should say that sadly this is not possible
(we judged that in any case neither the Malaysians
nor the Indonesians would have wanted this).
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4.
For your own information,, the Prime
Minister does not wish to enter into any firm
commitment about her visit to South East Asia
yet and while the present industrial situation Donald's
persists. We know (teleletter to Boyd of
31 October and Kuala Lumpur telno 385) that there
are difficulties for host governments about dates
in the first part of the year but it may still be
possible to find a mutually convenient time then.
You should not, however, speculate about this.
Our essential concern now, is to reassure host
governments of the priority the Prime Minister
continues to attach to her visit without tying
Ourselves down on dates.
5. You should be aware that the Prime Minister
told President Jayewardene while attending Mrs
Prim
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