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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR), JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR AND SINGAPORE.
BRUNEI TALKS,
1. THIS WEEK'S FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW CONTAINS A MAJOR PIECE ON BRUNEI, DATELINED LONDON, HEADLINED QUOTE LAST RAYS OF THE SETTING SUN FOR BRUNEI UNQUOTE.
2. THE ARTICLE REFERS, INTER ALIA, TO A QUOTE DIPLOMATIC NOTE PASSED TO THE SULTAN IN MARCH WHICH AMOUNTED TO AN ULTIMATUM UNQUOTE, AND INCLUDES IMPRESSIONS BY QUOTE OBSERVERS OF THE LAST MEETING AT THE TIME OF THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE UNQUOTE. IT ALSO DESCRIBES POSSIBLE BRITISH INSISTENCE ON REMOVING THE GURKHAS QUOTE WHEN DR OWEN MEETS THE WILY AGING EX-SULTAN ON JUNE 12 UNQUOTE.
3, THE MATTER COULD WELL BE TOUCHED ON BY THE SULTAN ON SATURDAY.
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE THEREFORE AS TO THE WAY I SHOULD RESPOND.
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