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REF: A) CANBERRA 6363, B) CANBERRA 6158 (BOTH NOTAL)

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2. IN BILATERAL POL-MIL TALKS OCT. 20-21, AUSTRALIAN AND U. S. DELS WERE MOSTLY IN AGREEMENT ACROSS THE BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES. BOTH DEL HEADS (U.S. PM A/S MCNAMARA

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AND GOA DPAT DEPSEC JONES) STRESSED TH~ IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ASIA-PACIFIC AND THE DANGER OF WMD PROLIFERATION. THE GOA WARMLY WELCOMED THE "MASSIVELY SIGNIFICANT" U. AGREEMENT

3. ON SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE GOA SEES A BROADLY FAVORABLE CONFIDENTIAL

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7. AUSTRALIAN AND U.S. DELEGATIONS HELD POLITICALMILITARY TALKS IN CANBERRA OCT. 20-21. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (DFAT) DEPUTY SECRETARY KIM JONES LED THE AUSTRALIAN SIDE; STATE PM ASSISTANT

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SECRETARY TED MCNAMARA LED THE U. S . AMB. MCNAMARA ALSO MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GARETH EVANS (REF A) .

AUSTRALIAN OVERVIEW

8. DFAT'S JONES BEGAN WITH A LENGTHY OVERVIEW, STRESSING THAT THE FLUID POST-COLD WAR STRATEGIC ~ __ ~ ENVIRONMENT ALLOWS SCOPE FOR ORIGINAL THINKING.

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-- SUMMING UP, JONES STRESSED THAT AUSTRALIA VALUES ITS ALLIANCE AND INTELLIGENCE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. WE HAVE LARGELY COMPLEMENTARY INTERESTS.

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INC~ASING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL SECURITY AND NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES; THE LESSON TAUGHT DURING THE COLD WAR OF THE VALUE OF LONG-TERM COMM:ITMENTS AND ALLIANCES; GULF WAR LESSONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTILATERAL/COALITION SECURITY EFFORTS AND ABOUT THE VALUE OF CONVENTIONAL MILITARY POWER; AND THE DIFFICULTY OF DEALING WITH "FAILED STATES."

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13. MCNAMARA LAUDED THE U. S-JAPAN ALLIANCE, PRAISED JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DPRK, AND STRESSED THAT SECURITY LINKS HAVE BEEN, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, SUCCESSFULLY ISOLATED FROM ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. J

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41. IN THE COURSE OF REVIEWING CURRENT ACTIVITIES IN HAITI, RWANDA, SOMALIA, AND BOSNIA, MCNAMARA THANKED AUSTRALIA FOR ITS RECENT POLICE CONTRIBUTION TO THE EFFORT IN HAITI. MCNAMARA ATTRIBUTED BOTH SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN VALUE TO SUCH OPERATIONS. I

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56. A/S MCNAMARA CHARACTERIZED AUSTRALIA AS A LIKE-MINDED NATION WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THE U. S. VERY MUCH VALUES. HE CALLED COMMON INTEREST AND PURPOSE THE GLUE THAT KEEPS US TOGETHER, AND SINGLED OUT THE DISCUSSIONS ON PEACEKEEPING, THE NPT, AND LANDMINES AS "ESPECIALLY HELPFUL." HE WELCOMED THE GOA'S COMMITMENT TO NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS CONTROL, NOTED THAT ARMS CONTROL BlLATERALS ARE PLANNED FOR JANUARY, AND INVITED THE AUSTRALIAN SIDE TO THE U. S. FOR POL-MIL TALKS IN 1995. JONES ACCEPTED.

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