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DOMESTIC LAW, REFERRING TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH FORMER COLONIES ACHIEVED SOVEREIGNTY: DECLARING THEIR INDPEENDENCE IN A
DEMONSTRATION OF NATIONAL WILL WHICH WAS THEN RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY. HE CLAIMED THIS PROCESS HAD BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED IN UN
DECLARATION ON FRIENDLY RELATIONS IN THE 1970S.
5. THAT SAID, WIYONO ASKED WHETHER WE COULD ACCEPT THE WORDING IN THE US/INDONESIA DTA. I CONFIRMED WE COULD, SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT ON THE EXACT WORDING OF THE NECESSARY SIDE LETTER (PARA 5 OF OUR TELNO 380 AND PARA 7 AND 11 OF PARKER'S MINUTE UR). WIRYONO SAID HE WOULD
CONSULT HIS MINISTER AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND TRY TO OBTAIN AGREEMENT ON SUCH A TEXT.
6. I REFERRED BACK TO HPS'S DISCUSSION WITH WIJAKSANA, AND LEFT WITH WIRYONO ANOTHER COPY OF THE VARIANTS 1(4) (A) AND (B), INCLUDING THE FINAL PHRASE, AS ABOVE. I NOTED THAT THIS WOULD BE A NEATER SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, AND ONE ON WHICH OUR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS WERE ALREADY MOVING CLOSER TOGETHER. HE DID NOT BITE, BUT AGREED TO REFLECT.
7. WIRYONO STATED FIRMLY HIS WISH TO SETTLE THIS MATTER QUICKLY.
THE INDONESIANS NOW HAD PROBLEMS OVER TERRITORIAL CLAUSES WITH TURKEY AND AUSTRALIA, AS WELL AS THE UK. SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORIAL CLAUSE FOR THE UKDTA WOULD ALLOW QUICK AGREEMENT ON THE CLAUSES FOR THE OTHER OUTSTANDING AGREEMENTS WITH THE UK - THE COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASA. WIRYONO WOULD RETURN FROM ABROAD ON 9 AUGUST AND HOPED TO CONCLUDE MATTERS VERY SOON THEREAFTER.
8. COLLECOTT SUBSEQUENTLY SPOKE TO WIJAKSANA BY TELEPHONE. WIJAKSANA AGREED THAT VARIANT 1(4) (B) MIGHT PRESENT AN EASIER SOLUTION, AND SUGGESTED DELETION OF THE FINAL PHRASE. COLLECOTT SAID WE MIGHT SECURE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THIS, AND WOULD REVERT TO HIM. WIJAKSANA RANG BACK TO ENSURE WE REALISED THAT HIS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL (PARA 5 OF OUR TELNO 380) WAS FOR ONLY THE FIRST HALF OF THE CLAUSE. THE SECOND
HALF OF THE FRG WORDING SHOULD BE ADDED. THE TEXT WOULD READ:
THE TERM 'INDONESIA' MEANS THE TERRITORY UNDER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND SUCH PARTS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND THE ADJACENT SEAS, OVER WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA HAS SOVEREIGNTY, SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OR OTHER RIGHTS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW.
COLLECOTT SAID THIS HAD NOT BEEN CLEAR, BUT THAT THIS SHOULD NOT
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