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GRS 204

CONFIDENTIAL

FM SINGAPORE

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 291

OF 24083OZ JULY 87

CONFIDENTIAL

INFO ROUTINE JAKARTA, MANILA, HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 205 TO MANILA/ MINISTERIAL VISITS

1. THE SINGAPOREANS WILL CERTAINLY NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THAT SINGAPORE HIS NOT HNCLUDED IN LORD GLENARTHUR'S FIRST OFFICIAL VHISHT

TO SOUTH EAST ASHA.

2. MET WOULD, HOWEVER, BE HELPFUL HE COULD BE AUTHORISED TO TELL THE MFA, WHEN NEWS OF HAS VISIT TO HONG KONG, THE PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA BREAKS HERE (AND PREFERABLY JUST BEFORE) THAT LORD GLENARTHUR HOPES TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SHINGAPORE AT A LATER STAGE, IF POSSIBLE AND UNDERSTAND THE MANY COMPETING PRESSURES ON HIS TAME TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT. THEY WOULD BE VERY GLAD TO WELCOME HIM AT ANY TIME AND ## HOPE THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY LONG ENOUGH TO SEE SOMETHING OF THE 4SLAND AND, IN PARTICULAR, OF BRITHSH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

HERE.

ALSO

3. WHILE I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE MINISTER'S UNDERSTANDING,

HOPE (PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR) THAT HE WILL SEE NO OBJECTION TO MY

MEETING HIM AT CHANG DURING HIS STOP-OVERS. IN DOING SO, ** WOULD BE FOLLOWING MY PREDECESSORS' PRECEDENT WHEN MINISTERS

PASSED THROUGH SINGAPORE. LORD GLENARTHUR MAY ALSO FIND T

HELPFUL TO BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE ON DEVELOPMENTS HERE.

PAKE

SMHPAN 3832

LIMITED

SEAD

HKD

PROTOCOL I

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PS LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/PUS

MÅ GILLMORE MR MCLAREN

CONFIDENTIAL

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT

ADVANCED

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