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002364 MDADAN 2422
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FM BRASILIA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 511
OF 231831Z DECEMBER 93
ADVANCE COPY
INFO PRIORITY STANLEY, RIO DE JANEIRO
INFO SAVING SAO PAULO
FOR LAD
YOUR TELNO 220: POSSIBLE VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, APRIL 1994
SUMMARY
1.
THE PROPOSED VISIT WOULD BE MOST WELCOME. I WOULD MUCH PREFER OPTION (I) ON TIMING.
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THIS PROPOSED VISIT IS VERY WELCOME INDEED. AS I HAVE SAID PREVIOUSLY (MY TELNO 402), A VISIT AT THIS LEVEL IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1994 IS EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED TO BUILD UP OUR INTERESTS, TO EMBRACE OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP AND A GOOD POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND NOT LEAST TO BUILD UP OUR TRADE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ENHANCED BY THE HIGH-LEVEL VISITS IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS YEAR.
3. ON TIMING, MY STRONG PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR OPTION (I). IT WOULD BE MOST VALUABLE TO HAVE THREE FULL DAYS FOR PROGRAMMES IN SAO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRASILIA. THE SHEER SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF THIS COUNTRY REQUIRES A LITTLE TIME.. MOREOVER SINCE SAO PAULO AND RIO ARE THE TWO BIGGEST CITIES IN THE CONTINENT, EACH MERIT A VISIT, IN ADDITION TO BRASILIA FOR IMPORTANT INTER-GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. THIS OPTION ALSO WOULD BRING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO BRASILIA IN MID WEEK, WHICH IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE CALLS ON A FRIDAY IN BRASILIA, SINCE MOST POLITICIANS AND MANY MINISTERS RETURN TO THEIR HOME STATES FOR A FULL WEEKEND. WE COULD OF COURSE DO OUR BEST TO ARRANGE A SUITABLE PROGRAMME UNDER OPTION (II), BUT IT ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD TURN OUT TO BE LESS GOOD THAN THAT UNDER OPTION (I).
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I ASSUME PROGRAMME SUGGESTIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS STAGE, BUT OUR STARTING POINT WOULD BE THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN PARAS 5-8 OF
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MY TELNO 402. I SEE NO OBJECTION TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THE VISIT SHOULD START WITH A BUSINESS-ORIENTATED DAY IN SAO PAULO, AND INDEED THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. THE FINAL DAY OF THE VISIT COULD THEN BE IN RIO DE JANEIRO.
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FM STANLEY
TO DESKBY 29090OZ FCO
TELNO 187
OF 281808Z DECEMBER 93
AND TO PRIORITY BRASILIA
ADVANCE COPY
003610 MDADAN 2530
YOUR TELNO 220 TO BRASILIA AND BRASILIA NO 511:
SUMMARY
1. Visit welcome: either option fine.
DETAIL
2.
3.
I am very grateful for this advance warning.
POSSIBLE VISIT
It is not clear from your TUR whether the Secretary of State is flying in his own RAF aircraft or whether you intend to bend the normal RAF TRISTAR flights either south bound (for option (i)) or north bound (for option (ii)). Either operation should be possible without undue difficulty. I imagine the Brazilians would be content to altow the Tristar in. You would need to discuss detailed timings with the RAF: the first contact is D.Log Ops (RAF), for the attention of D.D. Mov (RAF) in the MOD Main Building (tel 071 218 6453).
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That said, either option Looks suitable, though I would naturally prefer the Secretary of State to spend longer than 24 hours in the Islands. It may be possible to persuade the RAF to delay the Tristar's departure by a couple of hours on option (i) which would also give a rather more civilised arrival time at Brize Norton.
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