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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 188 OF 28 JUNE
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29 JUN 1977
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MY TEL NO 185 OF 25 JUNE : BRUNEI TALKS
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REF.
1. DURING A CONVERSATION IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS YESTERDAY RENJI SATHIAM (HEAD OF EUROPE AND AMERICA DEPARTMENT) TOLD HEAD OF CHANCERY THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED A REPORT FROM LONDON ON THE TALKS WITH THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI WHICH HAD AROUSED SPECULATION IN WISMA PUTRA THAT THE BRITISH WERE DELIBERATLY DRAGGING THEIR FEET IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. SATHIAH SAID THAT THERE WE RE PEOPLE IN THE MINISTRY WHO BELIEVED THAT WE HAD NO INTENTION OF ALTERING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SULTAN SEMI COLON THE. RECENT BRIEFING IN LONDON HAD STREGTHENED THEIR HAND AND UNDERMINED THOSE LIKE HIMSELF WHO STILL ACCEPTED THE ASSURANCES OF OUR GOOD FAITH.
2. GEE ASSURED SATHIAH THAT OUR INTENTIONS STILL REMAINED THE SAME AND URGED HIM TO IMPRESS THIS ON HIS COLLEAGUES, IT IS HOWEVER CLEAR THAT I MUST NOW SPEAK TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE FRANKEST POSSIBLE TERMS ABOUT THE LAST ROUND OF TALKS AND IF FOSSIBLE ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
GRATEFUL FOR VERY EARLY INSTRUCTIONS AS I AM LIKELY TO SEE HIM
THIS WEEK.
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