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MR WATTS, LEGAL ADVISER MISS S SMITH, DOI
[TEXT]
YOUR TELNO 234 (NOT TO ALL) OCTOBER 1982
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APPU EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING,
1. DOI have now received a letter from the APPU Secretariat
(copied to Post Master General, Brunei) which says that the
forthcoming EC Council in Seoul will discuss the question of
observòr 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 observor of Brunei with the
earlier question of Hong Kong's attendace 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 the overseas
territories on whose behalf we are responsible for their
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