33(1)(b)

contains information or matter: (i) that was communicated in confidence by, or on behalf of, a foreign government, an authority of a foreign government or an international organisation (the foreign entity) to the Government of the Commonwealth, to an authority of the Commonwealth or to a person who received the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth (the Commonwealth entity); and (ii) which the foreign entity advises the Commonwealth entity is still confidential; and (iii) the confidentiality of which it would be reasonable to maintain
Section 33(1)(b) of the Archives Act 1983

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A3269 R14/E [SRD (Services Reconnaissance Department) Technical Section -] [The Sabotage Handbook] Railways 1942 - 1942
A12389 F12 PART 1 Submission by Department of Foreign Affairs to Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security re Reporting on Developments in Thailand October 1973 - March 1975 1975 - 1975
A12389 BB3 The [portion of title exempt] Case - January 1975 1970 - 1975
AWM54 179/5/8 PART 9 [Chemical Warfare - Trials:] Munitions Supply Laboratories. Abstract reports indexed in records of Chemical Defence Board [Part 9 of 23] 1944 - 1944
A432 1969/3072 ATTACHMENT 1 Wilfred Graham Burchett 1954 - 1954
AWM54 179/5/4 [Chemical Warfare - Trials:] Report on Chemical Warfare Physiological Investigations carried out at Townsville, Queensland 1943 - 1943
A1209 1958/5150 Middle East - JIC intelligence summaries 1958 1958 - 1958
A816 11/301/776 Prime Minister's discussions in London January 1951 1951 - 1951
A9954 SE/13/D9 Nature and extent of the Communist subversive threat in Pakistan: paper contributed by Pakistan 28 Aug 1960 - 28 Aug 1960
A1838 383/4/1/4 Top secret douments - North Vietnam 1961 - 1961
A12389 BB12 ASIS Station [portion of title exempt] Background - January 1975 1955 - 1975
A1209 1958/5994 PART 2 [Modified title: Exchange of intelligence material] - Weekly intelligence summaries [3cm] 1958 - 1958
A816 11/301/1081 ANZUS Council - Proposed meeting, November 1956, in Washington 1956 - 1957
A1838 TS663/4 PART 3 Australian Defence Organisation - Joint Intelligence Committee [5cms] 1956 - 1961
A2539 B1972/23 Report of Australian Delegation on the Conference on certain Seabed Boundaries between Australia and Indonesia and Seabed Boundaries between Australia and Papua New Guinea - Part 2 1972 1972 - 1972
A3269 R14/B [SRD (Services Reconnaissance Department) Technical Section -] [The Sabotage] Handbook Oil 1942 - 1942
A1838 563/10/10/10 PART 2 SEATO - trends and highlights in Communist propaganda 1957 - 1957
A1838 TS1500/1/3/28 PART 6 USSR. Proposed resumption of diplomatic relations 1959 - 1962
AWM54 179/5/5 PART 12 [Chemical Warfare - Trials:] CDRE India: Notes and reports (Oct 1943) [Part 12 of 36] 1943 - 1943
AWM54 179/5/7 PART 1 [Chemical Warfare - Trials:] Reports from Australian Field Experimental Station, Proserpine, Queensland (Feb 1945) [Part 1 of 10] 1945 - 1945