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1. ADI INFORMED MALCOLM, FIRST SECRETARY, THAT DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DEPLU) REPRESENTATIVE, AT RECENT HONG KONG MEETING, HAD RAISED A LAST MINUTE OBJECTION TO THE USE OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION DEFINITION FOR INDONESIAN TERRITORY. ADI SAID HE HAD 'OVERULED' THE DEPLU OBJECTION AFTER CALLING HIS MINISTER, AND HAD LATER INITIALLED THE AGREEMENT.
2. MALCOLM COMMENTED THAT THE EMBASSY HAD BEEN LED TO BELIEVE BY DEPLU, BEFORE THE HONG KONG TALKS, THAT 'CHICAGO' WAS ACCEPTABLE. WOULD THERE NOW BE A PROBLEM? ADI SAID HIS MINISTER HAD REGISTERED A PROTEST WITH DEPLU, FOR SENDING CONFUSING SIGNALS. INDONESIA, AND GARUDA IN PARTICULAR, WANTED THE SEPARATED HONG KONG/INDONESIA AGREEMENT. THERE WAS NO QUESTION, IT WOULD FORMALLY SIGNED, WHEN HONG KONG HAD CLEARED IT WITH THE PRC.
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