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INFO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR)
(161) HONG KONG TELNO 1208: BRUNEI TREATY DOCUMENTS:
EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON JUDICIAL MATTERS
1. WE TAKE THE POINT OF SIR M MACLEHOSE'S ARGUMENT FOR THE
DELETION OF THE PHRASE:-
QUOTE PROVIDED THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL TERMINATE FORTHWITH IF
AT ANY TIME THE UNITED KINGDON CEASES TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG UNQUOTE
AND SHOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE BRUNEIS' AGREEMENT FOR THIS TO
BE DONE.
2. TO THIS END, PLEASE THEREFORE CONVEY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
FROM LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS TO THE SULTAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:-
BEGINS
QUOTE IN MY NOTE OF 19 OCTOBER 1 INFORMED YOUR HIGHNESS OF MY
WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE YOU HAD PROPOSED TO THE
EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRUNEI
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. IN TURN, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON JUDICIAL MATTERS.
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