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FM FCO 200850Z OCTOBER 1982
TO PRIORITY BRUNEI
TELEGRAM NUMBER 101 OF 20 OCTOBER,
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DEAR.
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AND TO PRIORITY WELLINGTON
INFO BANGKOK, HONG KONG, PEKING, SEOUL, TOKYO
OCTOBER 1982
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My. Burto
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WS-YOUR TELNO 134 (NOT TO ALL) APPU EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING,
1. DOI HAVE NOW RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE APPU SECRETARIAT (COPIED TO POST MASTER GENERAL, BRUNEI) WHICH SAYS HHAT THE
FORTHCOMING EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN SEOUL WILL DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF OBSERVER STATUS FOR THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES FOR WHOSE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS THE UK IS RESPONSIBLE. ALTHOUGH THE SECRETARIAT ALSO SAY THEY HAD INSUFFICIENT TIME TO CONSULT COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE LINKED OUR REQUEST ON OBSERVER STATUS FOR BRUNEI WITH THE EARLIER QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE WHICH THE PRC SAY THEY WOULD REFUSE. 2. IN THEIR REQUEST TO THE SECRETARIAT, DOI WERE CAREFUL TO DISTINGUISH THE BOTAS (WHICH TERM WAS NOT USED) AND ALL THOSE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES FOR WHOSE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS THE UK IS RESPONSIBLE. THE REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS WAS FOR BRUNEI AS OBSERVER ALONE. DESPITE THIS, IT APPEARS THE SECRETARIAT THINK THAT OBSERVER STATUS FOR BRUNEI MAY SET THE PRECEDENT FO HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE AND THEY THEREFORE WISH THIS TO BE DISCUSSED AT COUNCIL.
3. (FOR WELLINGTON). WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A REPORT FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DELEGATION ON HOW THIS QUESTION IS HANDLED AT THE COUNCIL. WE ASSUME THAT NEW ZEALAND WILL SPEAK IN FAVOUR OF OBSERVER STATUS. HOWEVER, IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO THE DELEGATION IF YOU EXPLAINED THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE BOTAS AND THE SULTANATE OF BRUNEI WHICH IS NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN A DEPENDENCY.
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COPIES TO:
MR WATTS, LEGACL ADVISERS. MISS S SMITH, DOI.
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MR ADAMS
MR DONALD
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