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Resolution in which we have been addressed as "the administering power" and where our failure to get the Sultan to allow his people some form of self-expression has been deplored.
13. It would not be surprising if Mr Lee were also incensed at his failure to secure the extradition of Jim Slater, and (what looks like) the failure of his efforts to secure the return to
We face trial in Singapore of Slater's accomplice, Tamblyn. derived enjoyment from reading Raw's recent article in the Sunday Times Business Section, drawing attention to apparent confusion of thought among the Law Lords as the result of whose combined efforts Tamblyn is likely to escape the "drop".
BURIA
14. The change of Government does not appear to us to herald a greater impetus behind sensible schemes for stimulating the economy, with Western help. Efforts to contain the various insurgencies must be an increasingly onerous call on scarce resources, and we are puzzled at the Government's decision to choose this moment to crack down on Muslims of Bangladesh origin.
CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, LAOS
15. Reports of widespread abuse of human rights in Cambodia led to a certain amount of parliamentary interest and to the Govern- ment's proposing a Resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, aimed at securing the appointment of a Special Rapporteur to ascertain the facts. Much as we had expected it proved impossible to secure the adoption of this procedure; but the Cambodians were eventually asked to comment on allegations made during the discussion (my letter FAC 241/1 of 18 April to Smart, in Canberra). Even ahead of receiving a formal request to do so, they have replied with an extended and vitriolic attack on United King- dom policies through the ages - incidentally giving the lie direct to all allegations made against the Cambodian regime. authors contend that Democratic Kampuchea is not yet in a position to send a delegation to the UN to stigmatize and reveal in its true light the infamous and perfidious nature of the British Government, since all cadres are actively participating with the people in defence and national construction tasks.
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But the
It is impossible to convey adequately the tone of the Cambodian reply by extracts. My own favourite will be (from its eighth para- graph):
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"The British imperialists and the British Government give
little consideration to the British people. How can they love the people of Kampuchea more than the British people?" to which I so far have no reply.
The Cambodian case will be raised again before the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and
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