INDONESIA-MALAYSIA OFFSHORE BORDER PROBLEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000200180002-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 1, 1969
• Content Type: CABLE

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.SOI3J2 INDONESIA-MALAYSIA OFFSHORE BORDER PROBLEM
REF: DJAKARTA 2110.
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1. PERTAMINA SOURCE MAY 10 TOLD EMBOFF IN STRICTEST
CONFIDENCE (AND FOR USG INFO ONLY) THAT CONOCO'S SEISMIC
SURVEY HAS REVEALED "ENORMOUS"GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE WHICH IS
"EXTREMELY LIKELY" OIL RESERVOIR IN AREA PROBABLY SUBJECT
TO DISPUTE BETWEEN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA. STRUCTURE LIES
BETWEEN NATUNA ISLANDS AND SARAWAK. SHELL HAS CONCESSION ON
SARAWAK SIDE, BUT IS APPARENTLY UNAWARE OF THIS POSSIBLE
BONANZA. CONOCO PLANS TO SELL 25 PERCENT EQUITY IN ITS
INDONESIAN SOUTH CHINA SEA BLOCK TO GETTY.
2. SOURCE SAID PERTAMINA OFFICIALS VERY WORRIED ABOUT EFFECT
THIS DISCOVERY MIGHT HAVE ON OFFSHORE BOUNDARY TALKS WITH
MALAYSIANS. SOURCE PREDICTED IT WOULD BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE IN
INDON OIL CIRCLES WITHIN WEEK AND SAID PERTAMINA PLANS
APPROACH "MALAYSIAN COUNTERPART" IN EFFORT KEEP DISCUSSIONS
ON TECHNICAL, NON-POLITICAL LEVEL, WHILE GOVT-TO-GOVT TALKS
CONTINUE. ACCORDING SOURCE, TALKS SO FAR HAVE REVEALED SUB-
STANTIAL AREAS PROBABLY IN DISPUTE BETWEEN NATUNAS AND SARAWAK.
3. CONOCO VICE PRESIDENT PETER WALL AND LOCAL COMPANY REP
CALLED ON CHARGE MAY 7, IN COURSE OF CONVERSATION MALL
EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER BORDER QUESTION. HE SAID "OF COURSE"
CONOCO WOULD NOT RPT NOT DRILL IN ANY DISPUTED AREA. BUT
HE DID NOT RPT NOT MENTION DISCOVERY OF LARGE STRUCTURE;
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