thru the night to arrive off Bail at sunrise about 6.00 am and through the Lombok Strait on 17 July 1964 on what was described as "routine passage" in the highly confidential communication to Canberra. The two transits of the straits made the task group led by the aircraft carrier , a month apart that followed were both also described as routine passage only the second was even notified with a note from the RN naval attaché at the British embassy to the Indonesian Navy, which was a concession the track would be through Lombok not Djakarta and the major Indonesian military bases. During the transit of the straits, the guns were fully manned with the crews closed up; if the cruiser had been "buzzed" by Indonesia aircraft or patrol craft, the captain was instructed to take "precautionary measures" and not train or elevate the guns or test fire them again during the deployment, a "diplomatic artifact" given a scenario of undetectable possible threat of surprise long-range air-launched Kh-20 (NATO reporting name "Kangaroo") cruise missile attack from Indonesia bombers and full ABC protection at X Ray state 9 The task force led by Victorious on 19 September 1964, with two County-class guided missile destroyers (including , which replaced the cruiser ) and the frigates and . Victoriouss assertion of the right of innocent passage by a carrier caused mass panic in Java, but proved effective in establishing rights for naval passage and that Indonesia's assertion was unlikely to be outright war to stop Malaysian independence. There was considerable doubt among RNZN staff whether Royalist, which had not had a major refit since 1956, could deploy again in 1965. It managed to deploy again after a seven-week refit working round the clock in Devonport dockyard and work up in the Hauraki Gulf, where it managed at half power. The cruiser was still visually impressive, and provided the appearance of capability and ability to operate. It was judged that the fire control systems needed either a year's refit or $140,000 of new parts, one of the two STAAG CIWS mounts was refitted with a worn spare, and the two UA3 ESM systems were playing up. It was hoped the worn steam turbines could last 15 months to allow a final 1966 visit to all the New Zealand ports if "hope prevailed over fear". Against most RNZN staff advice it was decided not