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FROM : G A DUGGAN ESQ. SINGAPORE

DATE : 30 APRIL, 1993

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JT MASEFIELD ESQ, AUSS FCO

CHRISTOPHER HUM ESQ, AUSS FCO

COPY: GOVERNOR, HONG KONG

LEE KUAN YEW: VISIT TO EUROPE

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SINCE MY RETURN, I HAVE BEEN PROBING FURTHER ON THE ABOVE, FOLLOWING THE EXCHANGE OF TELELETTERS BETWEEN HOWARD DRAKE AND THE

DEPARTMENT.

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LEE KUAN YEW'S VISIT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS PRIVATE BUT INEVITABLY THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT WORKING OVERTONES. IT IS CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL BE RECEIVED IN PARIS BY PRESIDENT MITTERAND. HE WILL ALSO BE GOING ON TO MAKE A FORMAL VISIT TO AN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY (HUNGARY?). WHILE IN LONDON, THE RUBRIC IS THAT HE IS SEEING QUOTE SOME OLD FRIENDS UNQUOTE BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE WILL BE CONCERNED VERY MUCH WITH HONG KONG. I BELIEVE THAT LORD WILSON WILL BE GIVING HIM LUNCH AND THAT HE WILL BE MEETING WITH SIR PERCY CRADOCK. ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF HIGH

COMMISSIONER AZIZ IN LONDON.

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LEE KUAN YEW'S VISIT TO LONDON HAPPENS TO FALL ON THE LONG BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND. NEVERTHELESS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR A MINISTER TO SEEK TO PAY HIM SOME ATTENTION, NOT LEAST GIVEN HIS CONTINUING PURSUIT OF THE HONG KONG ISSUE. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WERE ABLE TO INVITE HIM FOR A DRINK AT WHATEVER VENUE SUITED THE SOFS, THEN THAT WOULD CERTAINLY FIT THE BILL, THOUGH ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE FITTED IN, PERHAPS INCLUDING A MEAL, WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN EVEN GREATER IMPACT.

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I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE AT LEAST MAKE SOME OFFER TO LEE KUAN YEW VIA AZIZ (OR, IF YOU WISH, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY HAPPY TO APPROACH HIS OFFICE HERE). I AM TOLD THAT THERE WERE OCCASIONS

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