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MEETING MIGHT BE PECONVENED TO CONSIDER ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITES
FOR ESTABLISHING A PROCESSING CENTRE.
4. TAN EMPHASISED THAT WHILE ASEAN WISHED VIETNAM TO BE IN NO
DOUBT ABOUT THEIR CONCERN, THEY DID NOT WISH THE IMPRESSION
TO BE GAINED ELSEWHERE THAT THEY NOW SAW THIS AS SIMPLY AN ASEA/VIETNAM PROBLEM, SUCH AN IMPRESSION MIGHT TEMPT OTHERS TO
SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING FURTHER.
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5. IT WAS NOT CLEAR FROM TAN'S BRIEFING HOW ASEAN SEES THE NEXT
STEP. THIS PRESUMABLY DEPENDS ON DR MOCHTAR'S DISCUSSIONS IN
ON DR MOCHTAR'S DISCUSSIONS OTHER ASEAN CAPITALS.
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