COPE WITH ANY MORE ILLEGAL VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS. HOME AFFAIRS
MINISTER TAN SRI GHAZALI SHAFIE, WHO WILL LEAD MALAYSIA'S DELEGATION TO THE UN CONFERENCE HINTED TO THE PRESS ON 11 JULY
THAT A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THIRD COUNTRIES TO MALAYSIA'S CALL
FOR THE SETTING UP OF UN PROCESSING CENTRES QUOTE IN THEIR TERRITORIES UNQUOTE MIGHT LEAD TO A SOFTENING OF MALAYSIA'S CURRENT QUOTE TOUGH POLICY UNQUOTE. HE ALSO EMPHASISED THE NEED
FOR VIETNAM TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.
BANGKOK PLEASE PASS SAVING TO HANOI.
HUNT
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
FILES SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
N AM D
SAD
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D M & VD PS PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MK CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
LORD N. G-LENNOX
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