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Sos amre Singapore 5/7 Depart for Tokyo 6/7 M. woodw

CONFIDENTIAL

FM SINGAPORE

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

Miss Bliss

CONFIDENTIAL

When is this viset?

NOT

2/6.

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be asked to contribute to the trefing.

Woodkow

28/5.

TELNO 121

OF 280645Z MAY 93

INFO ROUTINE ASEAN POSTS

YOUR TELNO 110

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I AM DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE FOUND IT POSSIBLE TO FIT IN A VISIT TO SINGAPORE ON YOUR WAY TO TOKYO. I HAVE SPOKEN TO FOREIGN MINISTER WONG KAN SENG, WHO SAYS THAT YOU WILL BE QUOTE MOST WELCOME UNQUOTE.

2.

WONG WILL ACT AS YOUR HOST. ON PRESENT PLANS, PRIME MINISTER GOH WILL BE HERE BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW WILL BE ABROAD (HE IS PRESENTLY IN LONDON AND A PERSONAL PHONE CALL OVER THE WEEKEND MIGHT HELP ENSURE HIS PRESENCE). I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND A DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISSUES AND OUR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS WITH MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, DHANABALAN. WONG WILL PROBABLY HOST A LUNCH AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE A DINNER TO INCLUDE OTHER PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS AND SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH COMMUNITY. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GIVE A PUBLIC SPEECH (ATTENDED ALSO BY THE PRESS) ON BROAD FOREIGN POLICY THEMES AND HAVE THE INFORMAL AGREEMENT TO THIS FROM PROFESSOR TOMMY KOH, SINGAPORE'S AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND FORMER UN REPRESENTATIVE, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES (HE HAS AGREED TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM AN ASEAN UN WORKSHOP ON PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY WHICH HE WILL BE CHAIRING AT THAT TIME). SOME CONTACT WITH MY STAFF AND A BRIEF VISIT TO THE BRITISH COUNCIL'S PROFITABLE OPERATION (NO NET COST) WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. ON THE BASIS THAT LEE KUAN YEW IS HERE, THIS WILL MAKE FOR A TIGHT AND BUSY DAY AND I WOULD NOT, AT THIS STAGE, PROPOSE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS, OTHER THAN A POSSIBLE EXCLUSIVE WITH THE STRAITS TIMES AND AN INTERVIEW WITH SINGAPORE TELEVISION.

3.

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I WOULD SEE THE OBJECTIVES OF YOUR VISIT AS FOLLOWS:

TO ENABLE YOU TO PROBE MINISTERIAL THINKING ON SOUTH EAST ASIA AND EAST ASIAN FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY ISSUES AT A TIME OF INTELLECTUAL AND POLICY FERMENT (THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN SINGAPORE ON 25 JULY):

HKD Q1/2

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