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*THIS

IS TELNO 454*

HKC 181/22

31

114140

MDHIAN 6409

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FM JAKARTA

TO DESKBY 23080OZ FCO, 23040OZ HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

TELNO 005 (454)

OF 23034OZ JULY 91

INFO IMMEDIATE DTP, DTI,INLAND REVENUE

BTC HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR CARRICK,RHOMC

YOUR TELNO 307: UK/INDONESIA BILATERAL AGREEMENTS

1. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE INSTRUCTIONS IN TUR WERE RECONISERED

AND THOSE IN YOUR TELNO 301 REINSTATED.

2. FIRSTLY I DO NOT BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CAUSE OF ACTION IS THE BEST

WAY TO ACHIEVE YOUR NEW PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF AN ACCEPTABLE DEFINITION OF TERRITORY IN THE HONG KONG/INDONESIA ASA. THE INDONESIANS WILL NOT GO TO HONG KONG WITH ANY LEEWAY TO NEGOTIATE. THE DECISION ON DEFINITION OF TERRITORY FOR THE ASA AND OTHER OUTSTANDING AGREEMENTS WILL BE TAKEN BY ALATAS, THE FOREIGN MINISTER. NEGOTIATIONS ON THE TEXT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE IN JAKARTA WITH THE DFA.THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THIS AND WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS.OUR PRESENT UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PRESURE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AIR COMMUNICATIONS (DGAC) AND GARUDA HAS NOT YET BEEN SUFFICIENT TO MOVE THE DFA. BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN CONFIRM THIS, AND IF NECESSARY TRY TO STOKE UP THE PRESSURE,IS TO TALK TO THE DFA AND DGAC, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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3. SECONDLY I DO NOT/NOT BELIEVE THAT OUR MENTIONING LINKAGE IS LIKELY TO INDUCE THE INDONESIANS TO HARDEN THEIR ATTITUDE.AS OUR TELNO 441 ARGUES, LINKAGE EXISTS IN INDONESIANS MINDS, AND IN FACT, WHETHER WE MENTION IT OR NOT. THEY KNOW, AS WE SHOULD, THAT GIVING GROUND ON THE ASA MEANS GIVING GROUND ACROSS THE BOARD. IN THAT SENSE THE STAKES ARE HIGHER BECAUSE THE ASA ISSUE HAS BEEN RAISED. BUT THE INEVITABLE LINKAGE ALSO PROVIDES HMG WITH ADDED LEVARAGE TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES WHICH HAVE BEEN BLOCKED. AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE TO OURSELVES THAT LINKAGE EXISTS TO ENSURE THAT THE HK NEGOTIATIONS DO NOT UNDERMINE THE NEGOTIATING POSITION WE HAVE TAKEN, FOR GOOD REASON, ON THE OTHER AGREEMENTS.

4. IT FOLLOWS THAT IT DOES NOT MUCH MATTER WHICH OF THESE AGREEMENTS CASA, DTA AND COPYRIGHT) WE NEGOTIATE ON, PROVIDED BOTH SIDES ARE CLEAR ABOUT LINKAGE, AND WILL NOT THEREFORE RESIST SUBSEQUENT READ ACROSS. WE HAVE CONCENTRATED ON THE DTA BECAUSE WE JUDGED THIS TACTICALLY BEST (PARA 4 OF OUR TELNO 380). YOUR TELNO 301 GIVES US A FURTHER FALLBACK POSITION AND A GOOD CHANCE OF REACHING AGREEMENT ON ONE OF THE TEXTS IN PARA 1(IV) OF THAT TEL (REVISION OF WORDING

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