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CONFIDENTAL
FM JAKARTA 037639Z MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 121 OF 3 MAY
AND TO HONG KONG GOVERNOR
HKK243/1 PA
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No 23.5 Hy's
INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKO BBN MANILA,
UKMIS GENEVA, AND WASHINGTON.
YOUR TELNO 56: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. AT THIS MORNING'S MEETING BETWEEN PROFESSOR MOCHTAR AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 18 RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, I GAVE DARUSMAN A COPY OF YOUR LETTER TO THE INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR (YOUR TELNO 55). THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR MOCHTAR TO
READ THIS DURING THE MEETING.
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2. THE MEETING WAS ESSENTIALLY A DISCUSSION OF THE MODALITIES
OF THE JAKARTA CONFERENCE TO BE HELD 15/16 MAY. I DID HOWEVER
RAISE THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S INCLUSION IN THE ISLAND
PROCESSING CENTRE BUT SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD PURSUE THIS
SEPARATELY WITH MOCHTAR AFTERWARDS. AS I EXPECTED, HIS
IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS THAT ANY DECISION WOULD HAVE TO BE
TAKEN BY ALL ASEAN GOVERNMENTS AND NOT BY HIM ALONE., AND AS
HE HAD A FURTHER APPOINTMENT HE ASKED ME TO CONTINUE MY
DISCUSSION SEPARATELY WITH DARUSMAN.
3. 1 REHEARSED WITH DARUSMAR THE ARGUMENTS YOU HAD ALREADY PUT TO THE INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR AND DREW ON HONG KONG'S (612 TELEGRAMS NO. 9 TO UKMIS GENEVA AND NO. 5 TO ME. I EMPHASIZED
THAT BOTH HONG KONG AND HMG WOULD BE PUT IN AN EMBARRASSING
POLITICAL POSITION IF HONG KONG WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE ISLAND
PROCESSING CENTRE., AND URGED DARUSMAN TO LET US HAVE A FAVOURABLE DECISION BY 8 MAY (YOUR TELNO 54). DARUSMAN (CIO) REASSURED ME THAT THE INDONESIANS HAD ALREADY APPROACHED THEIR
ASEAN PARTNERS ON THIS ISSUE AND PROMISED TO IMPRESS UPON THEM
(THE URGENCY
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