6. A UPI REPORT OF THE STATEMENT MADE FOLLOWING THE UK/AUSTRAL LA TALKS IN CANBERRA IS ALSO PUBLISHED, AND EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO THE PASSAGE DESCRIBING THE FURTHER EXAMINATION GIVEN TO POSSIBLE WAYS OF MEETING THE .CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY ASEAN NATIONS AND. THE VARIOUS IDEAS REGARDING POSSIBLE STOPOVER FARES WHICH, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF LOWER FARES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE ASEAN REGION, WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM** AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS ARE QUOTED AS NOT BEING SPECIFIC ON THE DETAILS OF THE FARES SAYING THAT THESE COULD BE SETTLED ONLY AFTER NEGOTIATION WITH THE ASEAN GOVERNMENTS, AND THAT THERE COULD BE NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THE ASEAN MEMBERS BROUGHT SPECIFIC PROPOSALS TO THE AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS: ''WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE TABLE TO TALK TO THEM. SPLITTING ASEAN IS THE LAST THING IN OUR MINDS. NONE OF THEM HAVE SAID WHAT THEY WANT. THEY JUST KEEP HAMMERING AWAY AT US IN THE PRESS**,
7. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE ASEAN DIVISION IN THE THAI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THAILAND SUPPORTS SINGAPORE EVEN THOUGH THE AUSTRALIAN MOVE MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO OTHER ASEAN MEMBERS: ** AS A MEMBER OF ASEAN WE SUPPORT SINGAPORE AND ON A JOINT STAND BASIS CALL FOR A RECONSIDERATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH AIRLINES OF THE CHEAP AIR FARES''.
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