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MIGHT BE MORE DISPOSED TO LISTEN TO PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS, VISITING IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY (EG WEINBERGER). HE HOPED WE MIGHT CONSIDER USING SUCH CHANNELS TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS.
FIJI
12. I GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF RATU MARA'S VISIT TO LONDON AND
OUTLINED OUR CURRENT POLICY OF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE FIJI GOVERNMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF ACCEPTABLE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.
SIGUR SAID US POLICY WAS SIMILAR AND STRESSED THE
NEED FOR ALL CONCERNED INCLUUING THE AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANUERS TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER. WE AGREED THAT THERE WAS A
LIMIT TO WHAT COULD BE DONE BY OUTSIDERS : THE PEOPLE OF FIJI
TO WORK OUT THEIR PROBLEMS FOR THEMSELVES.
RECOGNITION OF MICRONESIAN ENTITIES
13.
HAD
SIGUR ASKED WHERE WE STOOD ON RECOGNITION OF MICRONESIAN
ENTITIES. WE EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD SOME LEGAL DIFFICULTIES.
MOREOVER A STATEMENT BEFORE THE SITUATION IN PALAU WAS SORTED OUT
MIGHT PROVOKE CRITICS OF THE US I THANKED THE US FOR THEIR HELP
ON CLAUSE 1U4 E OF THE PALAU COMPACT AND THE PROBLEM OF OUR BANKS.
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MR
14. I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO SIR DAVID MIERS, GILLMORE AND THE HEADS OF FED, HKD, SEAD, MED, SPD, POLICY PLANNING STAFF AND RESEARCH DEPT. COPIES ARE ALSO BEING SENT BY BAG TO SUVA, TOKYO AND THE DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG.
SIGNED: ROBIN MCLAREN
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