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FM BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 272

OF 26035OZ NOVEMBER 87

FOLLOWING FOR SEAD

shock backpapus fat SEAD pl. we need to keep an eye - there

is a problem

problem with who pays for

до Педри

excercises

YOUR TELNO 237: MY VISIT TO HONG KONG

or not?

Key fall under the DIA?

which has

1 IT IS MUCH, MUCH TOO LATE, FOR THE MOD TO ASK ME NOT

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40 DISCUSS'

EXERCISE COSTS WITH CBF. GENERAL JOHNSON, AS EXERCISE DIRECTOR,

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AND I, AS HIGH COMMISSIONER, HAVE A COMMON AIM ΤΟ ΜΑΚΕ THE JOΙΝΤ N EXERCISE A SUCCESS. COSTS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THAT AND HAVE FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A LEGITIMATE MATTER FOR DISCUSSION BETWEEN US. 2. I, OF COURSE, TAKE THE POINT ABOUT THE GOVERNOR. INDEED, I HAVE DISCUSSED WHAT I CAN SAY TO HIM WITH THE CBF AND HIS DEPUTY. I CANNOT AVOID REFERRING TO THE EXERCISE. I HAD PLANNED TO SAY THAT

THE EXERCISE WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL TASK FORCE VISIT AND, IF ASKED ABOUT PARTICIPATION BY OTHER UNITS TO SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT YET DECIDED AND WAS IN ANY CASE A MATTER FOR THE MOD.

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CLEAR THIS WITH THE MOD IN

LONDON.

WESTBROOK

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02 DEC 1987

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