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TELNO 351 OF 28 OCT

SAVING BRUNEI HÙNG KONG PEKING SEOUL TOKYO

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26) YOUR TELNO 101 TO BRUNE!. APPU EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

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1. NZPO DELEGATE REPORTS THAT FEELING OF THE MEETING WAS THAT IT SHOULD BE MADE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE FOR ANY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY WHICH WISHED TO ATTEND AS OBSERVERS TO DO SO REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL STATUS. COUNCIL DID NOT FEEL HOWEVER THAT THEY COULD MAKE FINAL DECISION ESPECIALLY IN THE ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF PEKING. ATTEMPTS WILL BE MADE TO STRIKE AN ACCEPTABLE

FORMULA BY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR'S COUNCIL MEETING AT PORT MORESBY WHICH CAN BE FORMALLY ADOPTED AT THAT MEETING. HONG KONG AND MACAO WILL THEREFORE NOT BE INVITED TO PORT MORESBY. ON THE OTHER HAND BRUNEI WILL (AS REPRESENTATIVE

OF THE BRITISH'ENSEMBLE AND IN ANTICIPATION OF HER THEN

IMMINENT ACCESSION TO FULL INDEPENDENCE).

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