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FM BHC KUALA LUMPUR 140045Z JANUARY
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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 24 OF 14 JANUARY RFI TO ROUTINE BRUNE! SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA
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YOUR TELNO 346
-BRUNE!-
1. AFTER WE HAD FINISHED TALKING ABOUT CONCORDE AT THE MEETING ON THURSDAY I TOLD HUSSEIN THAT WE WERE STILL HOPING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SULTAN BUT THAT IF HE STILL REMAINED OBDURATE WE MIGHT BE FORCED TO TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION. (AT THIS POINT GHAZALI SHAFIE BURST INTO LAUGHTER AND SAID QUOTE RHODESIA IN REVERSE UNQUOTE.)
2. I ASKED THE PRIME MINISTER WHETHER HE THOUGHT THAT THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT COULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP. HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT ANY DIRECT ACTION BY THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT WAS MORE LIKELY TO OBSTRUCT PROGRESS THAN HELP IT. THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HOWEVER CONTINUE TO MAKE FRIENDLY NOISES AND PLAY THINGS IN A LOW KEY.
3. BOTH HE AND CHAZALI SHAFIE SAID THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE STABILITY OF NORTH BORNEO AND HOPED THAT
WE WOULD LEAVE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. I SAID THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM FULLY INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS.
HAWLEY
SEAD
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