The Foreign Office even went to the extremity of claiming that the Lombok Strait was just as convenient for passage as the Sunda Strait, despite its far greater distance from Singapore and Australia.
Departemen Luar Negeri bahkan habis-habisan mengklaim bahwa Selat Lombok sama saja dengan Selat Sunda, meskipun terdapat jarak yang lebih jauh antara Singapura dan Australia.