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MY INTERLOCUTER SAID THAT THE INTELLIGENCE FACTORS WERE NO REAL WORRY TO THE AUSTRALIAN GOVT: THESE WERE TECHNICAL MATTERS WHICH COULD NO DOUBT BE RESOLVED BY TECHNICAL MEANS. WE SHOULD NOT BE TOO CONCERNED ON THIS SCORE
2. HIS GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN WAS OVER THE WIDER ISSUE, IN WHICH THEY WERE BOUND TO DE DEEPLY INTERESTED, IF NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED, BECAUSE OF THE IR GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION. THEY VERY MUCH HOPED TO BE ABLE TO AVOID TAKING SIDES, AND TO OFFEND NO-ONE BY THEIR PURSUIT OF WHAT THEY SAW AS THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS. HE HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO KEEP HIM INFORMED.
3. 1 NEED CO INTO NO FURTHER DETAIL BY LETTER.
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