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3. AS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, NOT THE LEAST OF THE PROBLEM HINOUS ON SIR MAR'S CONVICTION THAT BRUNET HAS BEHAVED CORRECTLY AND OTHERS HAVE NOT. IF THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT WERE THEMSELVES TO PROSCRIBE THE PRB AND REALLY CLAMP DOWN HN IT. BELIEVE THIS GESTURE WOULD BE APPRECIATED IN BRUNEI AND NOT BE

MISUNDERSTOOD. ALSO IF MALAYSIA TOOK THE SAME LINE ON BRUNEI AT THE UN AS SINGAPORE. (THE LAST SENZENCE OF FCO TELNO 63 TO KL REFERS.)

4. I FULLY APPRECIATE THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, BUT FELT THAT AT THIS STAGE I SHOULD PERHAPS SPELL OUT ONCE AGAIN THE

WAY MATTERS ARE SEEN BY THE BRUNEI REGIME.

ODAVIDSON

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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/MR.LUARD

MR.CORTAZZI MR. MURRAY

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