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OUT OF AREA COORDINATION GROUP (00ACG) AUSTRALASIA REGIONAL REVIEW

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FAR EAST AND

The 4th Regional Review of the Far East and Australasia, chaired by D ROW, will be held at 1000 hrs on Friday 16 Jan 87 in Historic Room 27 in MOD Main Building.

2. The Review will cover the Far East (China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei) and Australasia (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands as applicable). Please note that the aim of this meeting will be to provide more positive direction to activities in the Region rather than being a review of progress. Speakers should record significant events/achievements, highlight important issues, forecast activity and air concerns; routine events or well-known background details need not be included. A proposed agenda will reach you on 5 Jan; recommendations for additions would be welcomed. The review will be conducted in the following sequence:

Def Dept FCO

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Foreign Policy, UKMTAS Ministerial visits.

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MOD Ministerial visits and Senior Officer visits.

Defence Policy and commitments, DPF, MOUS, Agreements.

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Representation

Current and projected military assistance.

Current and projected sales effort.

Outline of major interests,

involvement and expectations, including exercises.

To assist the preparation of minutes, it would be appreciated if speakers could pass a copy of their script or notes to the Secretary before the meeting starts. In addition, could the following information, valid for Jan-Dec 87, be provided at the meeting, preferably in written form:

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Planned non-MOD Ministerial visits

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Planned senior officer and MOD Ministerial

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