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3.

Against this background, the answers

of your minute are as follows:

i)

the questions in para 4

No formal exchanges, but there have been occasional and unsystematic contacts with Australian diplomats in London.

ii)

iii)

A similar pattern of exchanges in the coming 18 months.

We see little scope for extending these exchanges, but they could be upgraded a little and made more systematic. If for example there was an arrangement for more formal bilateral talks on Asia, we would have an input to make. This would probably not involve any commitment of

additional resources.

iv)

None.

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