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CALL BY MR GOODLAD ON SENATOR THE HON. GARETH EVANS, QC, AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS: 3 AUGUST 1993

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Senator Evans thanked Mr Goodlad for his role on } Maralinga. The Foreign Secretary's and Sir John Cole work had also been much appreciated. The result was perceived as not being a bad outcome. Mr Goodlad commented that the final amount had been the absolute maximum obtainable in the present circumstances. Senator Evans then raised the issue of compensation for Nauru (reported separately by telegram).

2. Senator Evans said that he was obliged to mention British pensions. The Government were still troubled by this issue. Mr Goodlad said that there was tremendous pressure on public expenditure.

3. Senator Evans turned to trade and investment. The January conference seemed on track. Although the current focus was on trade to the north, it was clear who were the major investors in Australian industry the US and UK. Mr Goodlad observed that Australian investment in the UK had risen by a factor of. ten in the past seven years.

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Senator Evans mentioned the candidacy of Dr Geoffrey Miller for the FAO. Now that the Portuguese had come out for the Chilean candidate, the concept of solidarity for an agreed EC candidate had fallen away. Mr Goodlad said that the UK had a very high opinion of Dr Miller. It was not necessarily in

Dr Miller's interests to make a commitment at an early stage. G77 support would be crucial. Senator Evans said that Dr Miller was professionally the best candidate and was running the best campaign. But the problem was getting through the first round of voting: thereafter, he thought that Dr Miller

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5. Mr Goodlad asked Senator Evans about the recent ASEAN conference in Singapore and regional security. Senator Evans said that the Singapore meeting had been very successful, congenial and substantive. On the security side, the concept of a regional forum for next year had really taken off. China had had little to say. But the idea of a friendly dialogue had been established. It remained to be seen how long this would take to evolve into something like CSCE. He had suggested three themes for next year's conference in Bangkok:

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non-proliferation (especially of missiles);

transparency (e.g. the UN Register of arms sales and dialogue on strategic assessments);

preventive diplomacy (on the lines of the Indonesian workshops on the Spratlys and Paracels).

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