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AND MUCH OF IT HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THE STRONGER AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH

I SHOULD THEREFORE RELATIONSHIP WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP.

HAVE MUCH LIKED TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE MYSELF. BUT AT THIS NOTICE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, MY DIARY BEING FULL OF ENGAGEMENTS AROUND THAT TIME.

2. I THEREFORE PROPOSE TO SEND PATEY AS MY REPRESENTATIVE.

3. I WONDER WHETHER, FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE WORTH CONSIDERING

A HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE IN A RATHER DIFFERENT FORM.

AT PRESENT, AUSTRALIA TENDS TO BE LINKED WITH THE SOUTH PACIFIC, A LINKAGE WHICH, I THINK, DOWNGRADES AND DISTORTS THIS COUNTRY'S IMPORTANCE TO BRITAIN. BUT IT DOES NOT FIT NATURALLY INTO ANY OF THE OTHER CURRENT FORMATS. WOULD IT BE WORTH THINKING IN TERMS OF A CONFERENCE FOR HEADS OF MISSION FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES FROM THE PACIFIC RIM?.

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