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DESKBY 130998Z
FM JAKARTA 130339Z JUN 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 174 OF 13 JUNE
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HKK 2431
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INFO IMMEDIATE MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK,
HONG KONG (GOVERNOR)
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING AND MOSCOW.
INFO SAVING HANOI.
YOUR TELNO 87: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
YOUR
1. THE INDONESIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, GENERAL JUSUF, ANNOUNCED ON 12 JUNE THAT INDONESIA, WITH EFFECT FROM THAT DATE, WOULD NO LONGER PERMIT THE ENTRY OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. JUSUF SAID
THAT HIS MINISTRY WOULD MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO CARRY
OUT PRESIDENT SUHARTO'S INSTRUCTION NOT TO ADMIT MORE REFUGEES
INTO INDONESIA. A DEFENCE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID AFTERWARDS
THAT ANY MORE 'BOAT PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED IN FUTURE WOULD BE
TURNED AWAY WITH FOOD AND FUEL. WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION IS TO
SEND THEM BACK IN THE DIRECTION OF VIETNAM.
2.
JUSUF CLAIMED THAT OVER 31,000 REFUGEES HAD NOW ARRIVED Î
ÎN INDONESIA, AND THAT AS MALAYSIA AND THAILAND HAD DECIDED NOT TO ADMIT ANY MORE INDOCHINESE REFUGEES, THE NUMBER HEADING FOR INDONESIA WOULD INCREASE DRASTICALLY IF NOTHING WERE DONE. THIS,
TOGETHER WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF ACCOMMODATING THOSE ALREADY
ARRIVED, HAD FORCED INDONESIA TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY MORE,
3. JUSUF CONFIRMED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REFUGEE
PROCESSING CENTRE ON GALANG ISLAND WOULD BE CARRIED OUT, ALTHOUGH
IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
4. THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS RETURN FROM THE NON-ALIGNED BUREAU MEETING IN COLOMBO, SUMMONED THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR IN JAKARTA ON 12 JUNE TO ASK HIS GOVERNMENT TO SEND A DELEGATION TO JAKARTA FOR DILATERAL
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