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DISCUSSIONS ON THE TERMINATION OF THE "ILLEGAL VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW''. MOCHTAR SAID THAT HE HAD TOLD THE VIETNAMESE AMBASS- ADOR THAT THE REFUGEE PROBLEM HAD BECOME CRITICAL SINCE THAILAND AND MALAYSIA'S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT ANY MORE REFUGEES. MOCHTAR TOLD JOURNALISTS THAT VIETNAM SHOULD PROVE ITSELF WORTHY OF THE PROMISE TO HALT THE OUTFLOW OF ITS CITIZENS AND TO AVOID CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR OTHER COUNTRIES. HE ADDED THAT INDONESIA
HAD RECEIVED NO REPLY FROM VIETNAM TO HER EARLIER REPRESENTATIONS (JAKARTA TELNO 167).
5. I SAW MOCHTAR BRIEFLY AT A RECEPTION LAST NIGHT (12 JUNE) AND SAID THAT I WISHED FOR A VERY EARLY APPOINTMENT TO DISCUSS THE PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE OF 31 MAY TO WALDHEIM (YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 87). MOCHTAR READILY AGREED TO SEE ME BEFORE THE WEEKEND AND APPEARED TO WELCOME THE PRIME MINISTER'S INITIATIVE. I WILL REPORT THE OUTCOME AS SOON AS MY APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN SQUEEZED INTO HIS PROGRAMME.
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