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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1514
OF 160647Z MAY 91
INFO PRIORITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, JAKARTA
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032421
MDLIAN 1338
58. рас
(5,1815
YOUR TELNO 205 TO JAKARTA: HONG KONG: INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.
DEFINITIONS OF TERRITORY.
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WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS IN YOUR TUR.
THE SOLUTIONS PROPOSED IN PARA 4 A AND B SEEM TO US TO BE THE MOST ATTRACTIVE. WE ARE NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE THINKING BEHIND SUGGESTION C AND WOULD, THEREFORE, BE GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION. BUT, AT THE FIRST GLANCE, THE END RESULT WOULD SEEM TO BE CLUMSY. GIVEN THE ADVERSE CHINESE REACTION TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING OFF THE FACE OF THE AGREEMENT, WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO WORK TOWARDS EITHER SUGGESTIONS D OR E. ADDITIONALLY, THEY WOULD NOT ONLY INVOLVE HONG KONG IN A SITUATION WE WOULD, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, WISH TO AVOID, BUT BOTH WOULD, WE THINK, SERVE ONLY TO UNDERSCORE THE PROBLEM. RATHER THAN ADOPT EITHER, IT MIGHT BE BETTER SIMPLY TO DISPENSE WITH THE DEFINITION ALTOGETHER. EVEN IF WE CAN THEN OVERCOME CONSEQUENTIAL DRAFTING PROBLEMS - WHICH INITIAL LEGAL OPINION CONSIDERS DOUBTFUL THIS WOULD STILL GIVE US AN AGREEMENT WHICH FALLS SHORT OF THE IDEAL.
3. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE DETAILS OF THE PRC'S PRESENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS INDONESIA'S ANNEXATION OF EAST TIMOR. THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION WE HAVE IS THAT CONTAINED IN PARA 4 OF PEKING TELNO 1181 OF 23 AUGUST 1990, BUT THIS GIVES LITTLE CLUE AS TO HOW THE PRC DEALT WITH THE ISSUE WHICH DOUBTLESS SURFACED DURING THEIR OWN ASA NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDONESIA.
WILSON
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