CONFIDENTIAL
HKC181/22
CONFIDENTIAL
FM JAKARTA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 441
OF 15074OZ JULY 91
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, DEPT OF TRANSPORT
FROM COLLECOTT
25
22'
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067757
MDLIAN 6049
Helindonetic
21517
YOUR TELNO 268 AND HONG KONG TELNO 2053: HONG KONG/ INDONESIA ASA: DEFINITION OF TERRITORY
SUMMARY
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1 LINKAGE BETWEEN THE ASA AND OTHER AGREEMENTS EXISTS IN INDONESIAN MINDS WHETHER WE WISH IT OR NOT. INSTRUCTIONS AWAITED.
DETAIL
2. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR POSITION AND THAT OF HONG KONG IS AS WIDE AS HONG KONG TUR SUGGESTS. BUT AS YOUR TUR IMPLIES,
LINKAGE EXISTS WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
3. WE ENTIRELY AGREE WITH HONG KONG THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THE OTHER INDONESIAN DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TIME TO PERSUADE THE DFA THAT THE ASA IS NOT A VEHICLE FOR SCORING POLITICAL POINTS AND TO ACCEPT THE DEFINITION OF TERRITORY WE WANT FOR THE HONG KONG INDONESIA ASA. THAT IS THE LEVERAGE WE HAVE IN THIS CASE, AND SHOULD USE, AND WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ON THE DTA OR COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS. IF THE INDONESIANS AGREE ALL WELL AND GOOD. (THEY DID NOT INITIALLY OUR TELNO 411. WE WERE WELL AWARE OF THE DISCUSSION OVER DINNER IN BALI. THE INDONESIANS REFUSED TO DISCUSS TERRITORY IN BALI BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE DFA NOT TO. PARA 3 OF OUR TELNO 410 REFERS.) WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE AUTOMATIC READ ACROSS TO THE DTA AND COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS, AND TO THE REVISED UK/INDONESIA ASA. THE INDONESIANS KNOW THAT: FOR THEM LINKAGE EXISTS WHETHER WE MAKE IT
EXPLICIT OR NOT.
4. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THE INDONESIANS TRIED TO RESIST READ-ACROSS, IT MIGHT NOT BE REASONABLE TO DELAY INITIALING OF THE HONG KONG TEXT. BUT IT WOULD SURELY BE REASONABLE TO DELAY INTERIM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREED ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE UK/INDONESIA ASA. THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO SINCE THERE IS A REAL RISK THAT THE INDONESIANS WILL
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