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BACKGROUND

5. BRUNEI HAS MAINTAINED CLOSE LINKS WITH BRITAIN SINCE 1847 WHEN

THE TWO COUNTRIES NEGOTIATED A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMME).

IN 1883 BRUNEI WAS PLACED UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION WHILE CONTINUING TO BE QUOTE GOVERNED AND ADMINISTERED UNQUOTE BY THE SULTAN AND HIS SUCCESSORS AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE. BRITAIN CONDUCTED THE STATE'S FOREIGN RELATIONS BUT HAD NO RIGHTS OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS. FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENTS WERE SIGNED IN 1935-6 AND 1959.

6. AN AMENDING AGREEMENT IN 1971 HAS LIMITED BRITAIN'S RESPONSIB- ILITIES IN BRUNEI TO THE QUOTE COMPLETE CONDUCT OF THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE STATE UNQUOTE AND A COMMITMENT TO QUOTE CONSULT TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHAT MEASURES SHOULD, SEPARATELY OR JOINTLY, BE TAKEN IN RELATION TO AN EXTERNAL ATTACK, OR THREAT OF SUCH ATTACK, ON THE STATE UNQUOTE (IE WE HAVE HAD NO INTERNAL SECURITY ROLE). IT HAS ALSO COVERED THE CONTINUED LOAN OF PERSONNEL TO ASSIST IN THE STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SULTAN'S FORCES AND THE PROVISION OF MILITARY ADVICE AND TRAINING (WHICH WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE NEW TREATY AT THE BRUNEI'S REQUEST)

OWEN

BY TELEGRAPH TO:

BONN

BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS (UKREP EEC)

BRUSSELS(UKDEL NATO)

COPENHAGEN

THE HAGUE

PARIS ROME

NEW YORK (BIS) JAKARTA

ISLAMABAD MANILA

AND SAVING TO CERTAIN OTHER POSTS.

FCO/WHITEHALL DISTN

OID

-2-

PEKING OTTAWA

CANBERRA

WELL INGTON

NEW DELHI DACCA

DACCA

COLOMBO

KUALA LUMPUR

SINGAPORE

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

ADDITIONAL DISTN GUIDANCE