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ANNUAL POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA: 11 MAY 1993
SUMMARY
1. A VALUABLE EXERCISE. AUSTRALIANS APPRECIATIVE. EXCELLENT BILATERAL ATMOSPHERICS, BUT A SHARP NOTE ON FROZEN PENSIONS. DISCUSSION OF MARALINGA UNPROBLEMATIC. EXCHANGES ON ASIA ESPECIALLY USEFUL. OUR WISH FOR INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE WARMLY WELCOMED. BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, BUT AUSTRALIAN APPROACH TO UNSC PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP LIKELY TO BE A
CONTINUING DIFFICULTY.
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2. SIR JOHN COLES, SUPPORTED BY GUEST (SPD) AND MANNING (EASTERN DEPARTMENT) HAD OVER 8 HOURS OF TALKS WITH A STRONG DFAT TEAM LED BY SMITH (ACTING SECRETARY, IE PUS) ON 11 MAY. RECORD AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON FURTHER ACTION BY BAG. MAIN POINTS AS FOLLOWS:
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BILATERAL: THE AUSTRALIANS WELCOMED OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO
THE MODERN RELATIONSHIP AND OUR INTEREST IN STAYING IN CLOSE TOUCH OVER THEIR MONITORING OF, AND ACTIVITY IN, THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. THEY STRESSED THAT, LIKE US, THEY DID NOT SEE THE DEBATE ABOUT AN AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC AS A BILATERAL ISSUE, AND WOULD WORK TO ENSURE THAT THIS REMAINED THE CASE.
MARALINGA: DISCUSSION RESTRICTED TO NOTING THAT THE SUBJECT HAD
BEEN FULLY DEALT WITH IN SIR JOHN COLES'S MEETING WITH
SENATOR EVANS (CANBERRA TELNOS 215-216).
PENSIONS: FIRM RESTATEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN POSITION. THREAT TO
WITHDRAW FROM BILATERAL SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENT IF NO
PROGRESS. OTHERWISE NOTHING NEW.
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