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TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR
TELEGRAM NUMBER 002 OF 5 FEBRUARY
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INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE AND ROUTINE FCO, JAKARTA, MANILA, BANGKOK, HONG KONG (GOV AND BCARFE) AND WELLINGTON.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 001 (OF 5 FEBRUARY): UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES.
1. YOU AND ROGERS WILL SINCE HAVE SEEN MY TELEGRAMS TO FCO NOS 95 AND
97.
2. ALTHOUGH THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND PARTICULARLY THE LEAK IN " THE
AUSTRALIAN SEEM TO ME CLEARLY TO GIVE ROGERS MORE FREEDOM OF ACTION, I THOUGHT IT WELL TO CONSULT ROWLAND AGAIN ON THE SPECIFIC POINT OF THE DESIRABILITY OF ROGER'S RETURNING TO SINGAPORE TO PUT
THE AUTHORITIES THERE AS MUCH IN THE PICTURE AS THOSE IN KUALA
LUMPUR.
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3. ROWLAND MADE THE OBVIOUS POINT THAT, ALTHOUGH THE ASEAN COUNTRIES WILL NO DOUBT PICK UP ** THE AUSTRALIAN REPORT, THEY WILL NOT KNOW HOW TRUE IT IS. HE ALSO SAID THAT, AS WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THESE IDEAS, WE AS WELL AS THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE OUR RIGHTS WHEN
IT COMES TO TRYING TO FURTHER THEM. BUT ON THE SPECIFIC POINT. OF THE
AUSTRALIAN VIEW OF WHAT IT WAS ADVISABLE TO SAY TO THE SINGAPOREANS
AT THIS STAGE, HE WISHED TO CONSULT THE DFA AND PROMISED TO REPORT
BACK TOMORROW MORNING.
4. ROWLAND INCIDENTALLY IS WORKING ON A SPEECH WHICH MR NIXON IS TO
DELIVER IN SYDNEY TONIGHT IN WHICH HE WILL ATTEMPT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT IN WHAT ROWLAND HOPES WILL BE A HELPFUL MANNER.
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