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O P 15 1025Z MAY 79

IM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA

TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7583 INFO RUV HGV/DSMISSION GENEVA PRI OR ITY448 KUMJQD/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 23 RUFHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 366 RUF HOL/ AMEMBASSY BONN 512

RUEHBAC/AMENBASSY CANBERRA 2760 RUDKPNO/AME, BASSY COPENHAGEN 51 RUDKGPQ/AMENBASSY THE HAGUE 933 RUMJDIVAMCONSUL HONG KONG 4392 RUM JKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 6323! RUDTC/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1245-6-7 RUFHD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 40 RUM JMA/AMEMBASSY MANILA 184 RUMJD N/AMCONSUL MEDAN 256 RUDKS.Q/AMEMBASSY OSLO 36 RUE HOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 316 RUFNPS/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1290 RUF HC.1/AMEMBASSY ROME 362 RUENGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 3370 RUD KFM Q/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 60 RUE HKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 7550 RUFKA U/ AMEMBASSY VIENNA 269 RUJE H/L/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 984 RUHGHQA/CINCPAC HONOLULU HI

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1 MAY 1970

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INDEX

PA

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No

221.5

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3

WWW 45 12 S

12:

165962

UNCLAS

JAKARTA 7696

ATREMO

A/SY

EO 12065: NA

A/VIS

CCA

CG7CS

267V

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VISIT

D. ST POUCH

$73 USSS

TOTAL:

122

TAGS: VM, ASEAN, SREF, ID

SUBJ: STATEMENT BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OAKLEY AT JAKARTA

REFUGLE CONFERENCE

1. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A STATEMENT MADE MAY IS BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROBERT B. OAKLEY TO THE JAKARTA CONFERENCE ON INDOCHINESE REFUGEES,

2. BEGIN TEXT: MT. CHAIRMAN:

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, CALLED AT YOUR INITIATIVE, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE OR MORE SPECIAL PROCESSING CENTERS.

3. MY GOVERNMENT IS VERY PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE ASEAN PROPOSAL FOR A SPECIAL PROCESSING CENTER. THIS INITIATIVE UNDERSCORES THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF ASEAN IN THE REGION AND THE WORLD AND THE VERY REAL CONTRIBUTION THAT ASEAN STATES ARE MAKING ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES.

4. IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT ASEAN IS MOVING TO FROVIDE A REGIONAL RESPONSE TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS RECOGNIZES THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE NEED FOR A BROADER RESPONSE. WE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED BY THE EFFORTS OF OTHER NATIONS TO PROVIDE RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASED FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

5. AS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO GROW THE BURDEN ON THE ASEAN FIRST ASYLUM STATES GROWS EVER HEAVIER, PARTICULARLY IN THAILAND AND MALAYSIA, WE MUST ALL RECOGNIZE THE DEBT WE UWE IV THESĒ NATIONS FOR THE ROLE THEY HAVE PLAYED.

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