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 ESTABLISHMENT
OF A BRUNEI DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
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,
London.
28 September 1978.
I have the honour to refer to the draft Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation initialled today between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the State of Brunei and to discussions which have taken place between Your Highness and Her Majesty's Government concerning the establishment of a Brunei Diplomatic Service.
With regard to Article 2 (d) of the Treaty, it is the understanding of Her Majesty's Government that, on assumption of full responsibility for foreign affairs, Your Highness may wish to establish diplomatic Missions initially in the United Kingdom, in the United States of America and in Singapore or in any of the Asean countries amongst Brunei's immediate neighbours. It is also the understanding of Her Majesty's Government that the operations of these Missions will need to be co-ordinated in Brunei, under Your Highness's guidance, by an integrated Foreign Ministry.
Her Majesty's Government will be pleased to provide senior officers com- petent to discuss in detail, in London or in Bandar Seri Begawan, the structure and recruitment of a Foreign Service cadre which might suit the requirements of the Government of Brunei. Assistance can also be provided for the training of members of a Brunei Diplomatic Service by assisting in the recruitment of British training staff, by advising on training which may be available in British institutions of higher learning, and by offering places, within British resources, on courses for Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff. Attachment to British official establishments including British diplomatic and consular missions would also be possible.
Her Majesty's Government will be pleased, subject to Your Highness's agreement, to assist the Government of Brunei in recruiting recently retired members of the British Diplomatic Service to fill posts in the Brunei Diplomatic Service which the Government of Brunei may be prepared initially to fill with expatriates.
Implementation of the foregoing programme will begin as soon as mutually convenient. It is the understanding of Her Majesty's Government that the Government of Brunei will be prepared to defray the programme's entire cost.
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