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PRIORITY

GPS 265

CYPHER CAT A

FM BRUNEI 050214Z

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ARK

CONFIDENTIAL

ONFID

RECEIV

TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 2 OF 5 JANUARY

02-17:10.51

- IAN 1978

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INFO ROUTINE SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA

MR.

YOUR TELS NO' 219 AND 222: BRUNET NEGOTIATIONS

1. I HAVE TODAY SPOKEN TO ISA, WHO ARRIVED BACK ONLY YESTERDAY

FROM SINGAPORE. HE CONFIRMED THAT THE MESSAGES FROM THE MINISTER

AND FROM MR MACDONALD HAD NOW BEEN TRANSLATED, AND WAS PLEASED

TO RECEIVE MY OWN CONFIRMATION THAT THE MINISTER'S MESSAGE HAD

REACHED MR FLETCHER-COOKE ON 28 DECEMBER. ISA WAS CBVIOUSLY

VERY ANXIOUS INDEED ABOUT BRUNEI MECHANICS IN RELATION TO OUR

TIME SCALE, AND TOLD ME THAT MR FLETCHER-COOKE, WHOSE SERVICES: ARE CENTRAL TO THE REGIME, WAS BEING ASKED TO TRAVEL OUT.

2. IF WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH FLETCHER-COOKE, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO CHECK THE STATE OF PLAY ON HIS AFFAIRS, THE APPEAL AND SO

ON, AND IMPRESS URGENCY ON HIM TOO.

FCO PASS JAKARTA

DAVIDSON

FILES

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED/

SEAD

HK & GD

LEGAL ADVISERS

PS

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

PS/PUS,

SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

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