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1985 Apr 1 - 1985 Apr 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1497
Foreign Policy (Prime Minister's visit to South-East Asia, April 1985) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 146
Any docs withheld? 9

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85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: UKHC New Delhi telegram 433 to FCO (0620Z) ("Westlands") [rival candidates; aid] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: UKE Jedda telegram 187 to FCO (0822Z) ("Call on Saudi Oil Minister") [Patrick Wright, Yamani: record of conversation] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: Timothy Raison letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Sri Lanka") [Samanala Wewa project] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to South East Asia: Speeches") [early drafts made available, to form basis of translations and press releases] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Saudi Arabia: Tornado") [MT seeks advice of Howe & Heseltine on advisability of stop-off en route to, or on way back from, her tour of South East Asia] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Minor Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Robin Ibbs (Prime Minister's Visit to Malaysia) [Single Cell Protein project] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: Richard Luce PS letter to V. W. Miller (Prime Minister's Visit to Brunei) [Brunei Chinese] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Foreign Policy: Chairman of the General Electric Company PLC, Jim Prior letter to MT (Prime Minister's tour of South East Asia) [details of "a number of projects in which GEC are deeply interested"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Major Foreign Policy: UKHC Kuala Lumpur telegram 214 to FCO (1100Z) ("PM's Visit: Air Services Dispute") [Mahathir Mohamad, David Gillmore: record of conversation] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Minor Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Lord Avebury (Prime Minister's tour of South East Asia) [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Minor Foreign Policy: John Murray letter to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to Sri Lanka) [former member of Ceylon Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Major Foreign Policy: Geoffrey Dickens MP letter to MT ("Far East Visit") [request for 3 flights per week from Singapore to Manchester] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Major Foreign Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Saudi Arabia") [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Major Foreign Policy: Ministry of Defence briefing for MT ("Visit by the Prime Minister to Saudi Arabia: Tornado") [lines to take on proposed sale] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Major Foreign Policy: Cabinet Office letter to FCO ("Proposed Science and Technology Agreement with Indonesia") [Robin Nicholson outlines his reservations] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Foreign Policy: UKHC New Delhi telegram to FCO ("PM's Visit") [proposed visit to Indira Gandhi's memorial] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Foreign Policy: MT letter to Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said (Prime Minister's tour of South East Asia) [MT explains why she is unable to meet the Sultan and why she is meeting King Fahd; invites Sultan to meet with her in London] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Foreign Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("India: Westland Helicopters") [line to take on potential trade deal in light of media reports of Westland's financial difficulties] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Civil Aviation: Malaysia") [Malaysian tax issue threatening UK/Malaysia talks on air services] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Foreign Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Asia: Briefing") [summary of revisions; related items attached] [released Dec 2014]