Written question asked by Jimmy Wray (Labour) on Thursday, 30 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 November 2003. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 November 2003 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to his Answer of 22nd October 2003m 411 c615-6, if he will publish official statements on Timor-Leste and discussions with the head of the diplomatic service in Jakarta in October 1975.

Answer: Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs further to his answer of 22 October 2003, Official Report, columns 615-16, if he will publish official statements on East Timor and discussions with the head of the diplomatic service in Jakarta in October 1975. [136200] Mr. Mike O'Brien: In accordance with the Public Records Acts the papers relating to the then Permanent Under-Secretary's visit to Indonesia in 1975 will be reviewed in 2005 for release on 1 January 2006. I agreed to the early release of the 1975-76 files relating to the Balibo case on a one-off basis. The release of these files should therefore not be taken as a precedent.

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