TNAG-0756-FCO40-960-Strength-of-UK-armed-forces-stationed-in-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 58

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PRIORITY

CYPHER CAT A

FM BRUNEI 210329Z

CONFIDENTIAL

AKK

KAY NO. 51

10.

23 FEB 1978

REGISTRY

OFFICER

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Action Taken

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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 41 OF 18 FEBRUARY

INFO ROUTINE SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)

MY TELNO 33 AND FCO TELNO 63 TO KUALA LUMPUR: BRUNEI/MALAYSIA

1. ALTHOUGH THE MATTER IS FAMILIAR, AND MARBU CLOSE TO ACADEMIC, I SHOULD PERHAPS REPEAT FOR THE RECORD, AND AS BACKGROUND TO BRUNEI INTRANSIGENCE ON TREATY CHANGES THE SULTAN'S UNCERTAINTIES OVER MALAYSIAN INTENTIONS. THESE RELATE TO:-

(A) MALAYSIAN INITIATIVES AT THE UN IN RECENT YEARS

ON BRUNEI BUSINESS. THIS IS SEEN AS INTERFERENCE.

(B) OVERT MALAYSIAN ACCEPTANCE (SIR OMAR WOULD SAY SPONSORSHIP) OF PRB MAIN HEADQUARTERS IN KUALA LUMPUR, AND ITS ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS IN NEARBY LIMBANG. THE PRB

IS A PROSCRIBED BRUNEI PARTY, AND THIS MALAYSIAN CONNECTION IS VIEWED AS UNFRIENDLY.

(C) APPARENT CONTINUED MALAYSIAN INTELLIGENCE INVOLVEMENT AGAINST BRUNEI. THIS IS SEEN AS DANGEROUS,

2. I BELIEVE THAT SIR CMAR WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT HUSSEIN ONN'S INTEGRITY. BUT IS CONCERNED AT THE EXTENT TO WHICH NOW AND IN THE PAST (NOTABLY OVER MALAYSIAN INTELLIGENCE INVOLVEMENT) THERE HAS NOT BEEN AS MUCH FOLLOW-THROUGH OF GOOD INTENTIONS AT THE TOP AS BRUNEI WOULD WISH.

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