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4. NEXT WORD UNDERLINED
CHINA GHAZALI THOUGHT THAT THE CHINESE MIGHT TAKE ACTION AGAINST LAOS ON THE LAOTIAN BORDER WITH A VIEW TO CREATING A CORRIDOR DOWN TO KAMPUCHEA.
5. NEXT WORD UNDERLINED THAILAND. BOTH GHAZALI AND HUSSEIN ONN EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THAILAND AND THE THREAT FROM VIETNAM AND URGED US TO SUPPORT THAILAND AS MUCH AS WE COULD, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUPPLY OF ARMS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT. THEY ALSO URGED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND AND CO-OPERATION IN POLICE AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS.
6. NEXT WORD UNDERLINED INDONESIA. SIMILAR CONCERN, WITH RATHER LESS EMPHASIS, WAS EXPRESSED ABOUT INDONESIA, AND THEY MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACHED TO INTELLIGENCE LIAISON WITH THE INDONESIANS. GHAZALI NOTED THE LARGE KGB PRESENCE IN JAKARTA.
7. NEXT WORD UNDERLINED BRUNEI. THE SECRETARY OF STATE THANKED HUSSEIN ONN FOR THE VERY HELPFUL ATTITUDE WHICH HE HAD SHOWN IN OUR EFFORTS TO GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SULTAN. HUSSEIN ONN IS GOING SHORTLY TO BRUNEI TO ATTEND A ROYAL WEDDING. HE AND LORD CARRINGTON AGREED THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PERSUADE THE SULTAN OF THE DESIRABILITY OF BRINGING MORE BRUNEIS INTO POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE IN THE COUNTRY AND TO RECOGNISE THAT THEIR FUTURE LAY WITH ASEAN. GHAZALI SAID THAT IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN BRUNEI AND INDONESIA.
8. NEXT SIX WORDS UNDERLINED HUSSEIN ONN'S PROPOSED VISIT TO LONDON. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THAT HUSEEIN ONN WOULD OF COURSE BE WELCOME IN LONDON IF HE DECIDED TO COME ON HIS WAY TO LUSAKA. HOWEVER, HE HOPED THAT HUSSEIN ONN WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD HAVE MANY PRIME MINISTERS VISITING LONDON AT THAT TIME AND WE MIGHT NOT THEREFORE BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM THE ATTENTION WHICH IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD WISH TO DO. HUSSEIN ONN ACCEPTED THIS. BUT IT WOULD CLEARLY BE USEFUL IF EVEN ONLY A SHORT MEETING COULD BE FIXED TO BRING HIM UP-TO-DATE PERSONALLY ON THE RHODESIA PROBLEM.
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