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UKMIS NEW YORK
VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS TO CANBERRA, 1 NOVEMBER
SUMMARY
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VALUABLE FIRST CONTACT BY MINISTER OF STATE WITH ZR
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GOVERNMENT. TIMELY DISCUSSION OF URUGUAY ROUND WITH BLEWETT. NEARLY 2 HOURS TALKS WITH EVANS WHO WAS ON MARALINGA AND, TO SOME EXTENT, ON SOUTH AFRICA.
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THE MINISTER OF STATE HAD A FULL MORNING OF TALKS IN CANBERRA ON 1 NOVEMBER. OWING TO THE CANCELLATION OF A CABINET MEETING, THE AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OFFERED LUNCH IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUSLY AGREED PROGRAMME. LORD CAITHNESS WAS THUS ABLE TO HAVE CLOSE TO 2 HOURS OF TALKS WITH SENATOREVANS. HE ALSO HAD
A 40 MINUTE MEETING WITH THE MINISTER FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (BLEWETT). THE DISCUSSION WITH BLEWETT ON THE URUGUAY ROUND IS RECORDED IN MIFT, THAT WITH EVANS ON SOUTH AFRICA IN MY SECOND IFT. THE MAIN POINTS IN THE REST OF THE DISCUSSION WITH EVANS WERE AS FOLLOWS.
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LORD CAITHNESS GAVE EVANS AN ACCOUNT OF HIS VISITS TO FIJI, TONGA, NEW CALEDONIA AND VANUATU. ON FIJI, EVANS ASKED WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF FIJI'S RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA (CLEARLY HAVING IN MIND RATU MARA'S RECENT STATEMENT THAT EVANS WOULD NOT BE WELCOME IN FIJI DURING HIS FORTHCOMING SOUTH PACIFIC TOUR BECAUSE OF HIS CRITICISM OF THE CONSTITUTION AT THE UNGA). LORD CAITHNESS SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN: RATU MARA'S MAIN POINT WAS THAT FIJI COULD NOT BE BULLIED INTO A PARTICULAR COURSE OF ACTION.
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