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INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, MANILA, UKMIS GENEVA HANOI, JAKARTA INFO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO INFO PRIOTITY SINGAPORE

FCO TELNO 65 TO KUALA LUMPUR : VBP

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REGIONAL APPROACH

1 I CONFIRM THAT THE BRUNEIANS ARE UNLIKELY TO WELCOME AN APPROACH FROM MR. MAUDE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE SC3(2)

CONSENCUS ON A REGIONAL BASIS.

2. I HAVE ALREADY FOLLOWED UP WITH THE PUS IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LORD BRABAZON'S ENQUIRY OF PRINCE MOHAMED IN LONDON ON 21

DECEMBER ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRUNEIAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR A REGIONAL RESETTLEMENT CENTRE IN THE PHILIPPINES. DATO LIM SAID THAT, IF ASEAN AS A WHOLE WERE TO DECIDE TO CONTRIBUTE, BRUNEI WOULD CERTAINLY PAY ITS SHARE. BUT, IN THE PRESENT BUDGETARY CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT AN OUTRIGHT BRUNEIAN CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.

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