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TO PRIORITY CANBERRA TELNO 324' OF 23 JUNE

İNFO PRIORITY BRUNEI KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE JAKARTA HONG KONG

MY TELNO 96 TO BRUNEI BRUNEI TALKS

1. ON 22 JUNE MURRAY TOLD AUSTRALIAN MINISTER, IN BROAD TERMS, THAT WE HAD DEEN MAKING SATISFACTORY PROGRESS WITH THE SULTAN, WERE LARGELY AGREED ON ALL OUR TEXTS, BUT WERE WIDE APART

ON THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND THE POSITION WAS SENSITIVE,

HE STRESSED THAT THIS WAS ONLY FOR THE AUSTRALIANS TO

KNOW AT PRESENT.

2. FULL INSTRUCTIONS ON BRIEFING MALAYSIANS, SINGAPOREANS AND INDONESIANS WILL FOLLOW AS SOON AS SITUATION IS CLEARER.

OWEN

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SIR A.DUFF MR.CORTAZZI MR.MURRAY

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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS PS/PUS

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