ADVANCES BOAT PROFLE

LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/LA LUARD.

FS/PUS

20

MR CORTAZZI

HD/UND

HD/HKGD

HD/MVD

16

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON

363

MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR BIRT HOME OFFICE

HKK 243

LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON

24.3/1/4 155

13 FEB 1979

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HD/NEWS DEPT HD/SEAD

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FM JAKARTA 120737Z FEB 79

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TELNO 59 OF 12 FEBRUARY

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INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG

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ADVANCE COOP

INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE MANILA VIENTIANE

WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MOSCOW AND CANBERRA

SAVING TO HANOI

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MY TELNO 56% INDONESIA AND INDO CHINA

1. WHEN I SAW MOCHTAR (FOREIGN MINISTER) THIS MORNING HE SAID THẤT HE HAD NOT ASKED ME TO CALL LAST WEEK WHEN HE HAD SUMMONED MOST OF

MY WESTERN COLLEAGUES SINCE HE WAS SATISFIED THAT WE HAD ALREADY

ESTABLISHED A CONTINUING DIALOGUE ABOUT THE EVENTS IN SOUTH EAST

ASIA AND WERE FULLY BRIEFED ON INDONESIAN THINKING.

2. HE MENTIONED THE TRANSIT ISLAND WHICH INDONESIA WILL PROVIDE FOR

VIETNAMESE BOAT-PEOPLE BUT MADE NO ATTEMPT TO PRESS US TO ACCEPT

ANY OF THEM SAYING THAT WE ALREADY HAD QUITE SUFFICIENT OTHER COMMITMENTS OF OUR OWN. IN ANY CASE, HE KNEW THAT MANY OF THE BOAT-

PEOPLE WERE WELL-TO-DO CHINESE TOWKAYS WHO WERE MANAGING TO SMUGGLE

OUT GOLD AND OTHER CONVERTIBLE ASSETS UNDER THE RACKET THAT HAD

DEVELOPED AND COULD NOT REASONABLY BE TREATED AS DESTITUTE

REFUGEES.

3. I ASKED HOW THE TRANSIT ISLAND WOULD BE MANAGED AND WHETHER

ADMISSIONS WOULD ONLY BE ON THE BASIS OF PROBABLE ACCEPTANCES BY OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES. HE SAID THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DESIRABLE BUT

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