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TO ROUTINE FCO
LNO 42 OF 30 JANUARY
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INFO BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, UKHIS GENEVA UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PARIS, VIENTIANE HKK 243,
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MY TELNO 16 (NOT TO ALL):
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2 FEB 1979
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PRESIDENT SUHARTO HELD A SPECIAL RESTRICTED CABINET MEETING ON 24 JANUARY TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN INDOCHINA, AFTERWARDS INFORMATION MINISTER ALI MOERTOPO TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING MAKING AN ISLAND NEAR PULAU NATUNA (INDONESIA'S NORTHERNMOST ISLAND IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA) AVAILABLE FOR THE TEMPORARY RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
2. IN A STATEMENT ON 27 JANUARY, FOREIGN MINISTER MOCHTAR REAFFIRMED THAT IN PRINCIPLE THE ASEAN COUNTRIES WERE NOT PREPARED TO RECEIVE REFUGEES FOR PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT, BUT FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS WOULD PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER SO LONG AS THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS AT THEIR EMERGENCY MEETING IN BANGKOK ON 12-13 JANUARY COULD BE MT (BANGKOK TELNO 29 OF 13 JANUARY). AMONG THESE CONDITIONS ARE THE NEED FOR FIRM GUARANTEES OF PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT BY THIRD COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY, MOCHTAR SAID, COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OUTBREAK OF THE INDOCHINA CONFLICTS (PRESUMABLY THE USA AND FRANCE).
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