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RECEIVA

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1 4 NOV 1384

TELELETTER

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Sir W Hain

WHandu

FROM: A E DONALD ESQ, JAKARTA

FED

NFR

31 OCTOBER 1984

HID SAD

FOLLOWING FOR :JD BOYD ESQ, FCO

CC: GILMORE, KUALA LUMPUR

CC STAPLES, BANGKOK

CC CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, SINGAPORE

1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 19 OCTOBER. YOU WILL OF COURSE

HAVE SEEN MY TEL NO 367.

2. AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE GIVING PROMINENCE TO THE RISK OF

DISAPPOINTING THE ASEANS IF WE GET THINGS WRONG ABOUT

REINSTATING THE PRIME MINISTER'S POSTPONED VISIT. THE POSSIBLE

TIMING OF THE REINSTATEMENT REMAINS THE FIRST QUESTION WE ARE

ASKED N CONTACTS WITH THE BRITISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND INDONESIAN

OFFICIALS. AS REPORTS OF THE POSSIBLE TRIP TO PEKING MULTIPLY

(SEE FOR EXAMPLE COI RETRACT NO 072 OF 23 OCT) THERE WILL BE

RENEWED INTEREST IN THE S.E. ASIA TOUR. BECAUSE OF THE TERMS

OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT SOEHARTO, THE INDONESIANS HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE THINKING OF A DELAY

IN TERMS OF MONTHS RATHER THAN A WHOLE YEAR. SHALL NEED TO

BE ARMED WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE INDONESIANS IF IN THE

EVENT HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT PRIORITY HAS TO BE GIVEN TO THE

PEKING VISIT.

"