EXCHANGE OF NOTES
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND
HIS HIGHNESS PADUKA SERI BAGINDA SULTAN AND YANG
DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI CONCERNING THE CONTINUED
PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF
BRUNEI BY THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TRAINING
FACILITIES IN THE STATE FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM
No. 1
The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to His Highness Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Your Highness,
British High Commission,
Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei.
7 January 1979.
I have the honour to refer to the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation concluded today between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the State of Brunei, following agreement to terminate the special treaty relations between the United Kingdom and the State of Brunei including all residual responsibilities of the United Kingdom in the event of an external threat to the State of Brunei, and to the discussions which have taken place between Your Highness and Her Majesty's Government concerning the con- tinued provision of assistance to the Armed Forces of the State by the United Kingdom and the continued use by elements of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of training facilities in the State. The following conclusions were reached in the course of these discussions:
1. Her Majesty's Government will at the request of the Government of the State of Brunei continue to assist the Armed Forces of the State of Brunei within the capability of the United Kingdom, in accordance with detailed arrangements to be decided, by:
(a) the loan of personnel to assist in the staffing, administration and training
of those Forces;
(b) providing advice and assistance in connection with the provision and
maintenance of the equipment of those Forces;
(c) providing assistance for training those Forces;
(d) providing assistance in recruitment of persons for service in police and
military posts in the State;
(e) providing expert advice and training for the Police Force of the State.
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