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OF 120802Z APRIL 93
INFO ROUTINE ASEAN POSTS, HONG KONG, PHNOM PENH, RANGOON, HANOI, INFO ROUTINE PEKING, DTI, MODUK
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VISIT TO SINGAPORE BY MR GOODLAD, 5-7 APRIL
SUMMARY
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USEFUL HIGH LEVEL EXCHANGES ON HONG KONG, FIVE POWER DEFENCE ARRANGEMENT (FPDA), CAMBODIA AND OTHER REGIONAL ISSUES. MR GOODLAD REASSURED SINGAPOREANS ON THE UK ECONOMY, UK'S COMMITMENT TO EUROPE, AND THE KEENNESS OF THE UK TO PARTICIPATE IN SINGAPORE'S CONTINUING ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
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DETAIL 2. BESIDES MEETING LEE KUAN YEW, MR GOODLAD MET PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG, SECOND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BG GEORGE YEO, PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS YATIMAN YUSOF, AND SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY LIM BOON HENG. VISITED THE RN-MANAGED BERTHS AT SEMBAWANG, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND WENT TO BATAM ISLAND TO VIEW THE JOINT SINGAPORE/INDONESIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. MR GOODLAD ALSO MET THE EDITORS OF THE STRAITS TIMES AND THE BUSINESS TIMES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF BRITISH BUSINESS IN SINGAPORE.
LEE KUAN YEW
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THE DISCUSSIONS WITH LKY REVOLVED MAINLY AROUND HONG KONG (SEE MY TELNO 33 - NOT TO ALL). LKY EXPRESSED APPREHENSION ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR LONG TERM STABILITY IN EAST ASIA IF THE AMERICANS RAN DOWN THEIR PRESENCE. IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR HUNDRED
THE YEARS THAT THE LOCAL POWERS HAD BEEN LEFT TO THEMSELVES. THREAT CAME FROM THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA. MR GOODLAD DID NOT DISSENT BUT THOUGHT THAT THE AMERICANS PROBABLY WOULD STAY ENGAGED BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTINUING INTERESTS IN THE REGION.
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FOR LKY THE KEY TO STABILITY IN THE REGION WOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE THE NEXT GENERATIONS IN CHINA TO BE MORE COSMOPOLITAN IN OUTLOOK. THE US SHOULD OPEN UP TOWARDS CHINA AS IT HAD WITH JAPAN
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