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TELNO HOKON 008

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 309: UK/INDONESIA BILATERAL AGREEMENTS

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MDLIAN 9933

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R&R TH

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1. THE INDONESIANS NOW WANT EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORIAL

CLAUSES FOR ALL 3 OUTSTANDING AGREEMENTS. THEY EXPLICITLY ACCEPT READ-ACROSS FROM THE DTA. ON THE DTA, THE DFA OFFER TO TRY TO OBTAIN INTERNAL AGREEMENT ON THE US TEXT PLUS SIDELETTERS, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY SIGNALLED IS ACCEPTABLE. NEVERTHELESS AGREEMENT ON ONE OF YOUR ALTERNATIVES (WITHOUT UNLOSC) ALSO LOOKS POSSIBLE, AND MAY WELL BE THE FINAL RESULT - A BETTER ONE FOR US.

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2. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEEWAY PROVIDED IN TUR.

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HPS SAW WIJAKSANA, DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, DFA ON 25 JULY TO DISCUSS THE DTA. WIJAKSANA INDICATED THAT THE INDONESIANS WANTED TO SETTLE. COLLECOTT REVERTED TO THE FRG/US WORDING. WI JAKSANA CONFIRMED THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. (IN DISCUSSION IN JUNE WIJAKSANA HAD REJECTED BOTH VARIANTS OF FRG/US

TYPE WORDING IN PARAS 9 AND 10 OF PARKER'S MINUTE OF 20 JULY 1989: PARA 5 OF OUR TELNO 380 AND PARA 1(V) OF YOUR TELNO 301 REFER. THEY WERE INSISTING ON INSERTION OF 'AS DEFINED IN THE LAWS'.) COLLECOTT REPEATED THAT THE FRG WORDING WIRYONO HAD SUGGESTED TO ME (PARA 4 OF OUR TELNO 411) WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO US. NOR HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH ANY ACCEPTABLE VARIANTS (PARA 7 OF MY TELNO 411 AND PARA 1(II) AND (III) OF YOUR TELNO 301). HE THEREFORE PROPOSED THE VARIANTS OF WIJAKSANA'S EARLIER PROPOSAL IN PARA 1(4)(A) AND (B) OF YOUR TELNO 301, INCLUDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW'. WIJAKSANA REJECTED THE FIRST OF THESE, BUT SAID HE WOULD RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECOND WITH THE FINAL PHRASE DELETED. COLLECOTT

DID NOT REVEAL THAT WE COULD ACCEPT THIS.

WIRYONO FOR 26 JULY WAS POSTPONED. I JULY, ACCOMPANIED BY HPS. WIRYONO

INDONESIA'S INSISTENCE ON MENTION OF

4. THE APPOINTMENT WITH THEREFORE SAW HIM ON 30 LAUNCHED INTO A DEFENCE OF

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