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FM BCARFE HONG KONG 210600Z FEB 79
TO PRIORITY D O T
TELEGRAM NUMBER ALLOT 10 OF 21 FEBRUARY
INFO PRIORITY BRUNEI, BANGKOK.
FOR STABLES FROM WILSON.
HECK 184/
YND. 51
2 2 FEB 1979
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FCO TELNO 129 AND 130 TO HONG KONG (FOR BCARFE).
NIR
1. SINCE THAILAND IS ALREADY FINDING SOME TROUBLE WITH TEXT OF UK-FOR-BRUNEI/SINGAPORE ASA, I AM RELUCTANT TO WIDEN SCOPE FOR FURTHER ARGUMENTATION BY PUTTING FORWARD FURTHER TEXTUAL REFINEMENTS WHICH ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. I BELIEVE BRUNEI'S INTERESTS WOULD NOT BE BEST SERVED IF TEXT OF ITS FIRST TWO ASA'S
WERE DIFFERENT.
2. I WOULD THEREFORE NOT PROPOSE TO TABLE YOUR LATEST SUGGESTIONS, AND HOPE THAT HIGH COMMISSION BRUNEI HAS NOT YET PASSED THEM ON TO BRUNEI AUTHORITIES. IF THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN PASSED TO BRUNEI AUTHORITIES, I PROPOSE EXPLAINING TO THEM WHY I AM RELUCTANT TO TABLE THEM.
3. COULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF FCO LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE ATTENDING TALKS IN BRUNEI FROM 24 MARCH (PARA 3 OF MANILA ALLOT 4 TO DOT REFERS) ?
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