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VIETNAM/INDONESIA
1. INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR (PUDJO PRASETYO) GAVE A BRIEFING TO
EC REPRESENTATIVES HERE ON 4 OCTOBER, ABOUT VIETNAMESE FOREIGN
MINISTER NGHYEN CO THACH'S VISIT TO JAKARTA (21-26 AUG) AND HIS
TALKS THERE WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOCHTAR KUSUMAATMADJA.
BILATERAL
2.
ON BILATERAL MATTERSMOCHTAR AND THACH DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING :
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TRADE RELATIONS : THE VIETNAMESE WANTED CREDITS BUT
THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT COULD ONLY OFFER 6 MONTHS. THE
VIETNAMESE WILL HAVE TO SEEK COMMERCIAL CREDITS FROM THE
INDONESIAN BANKS IN THE NORMAL WAY (COMMENT: PRASETYO
SEEMED TO THINK THIS WAS UNLIKELY).
TRAINING, CULTURAL/TECHNICAL EXCHANGES: THE VIETNAMESE WANTED A FORMAL CULTURAL AGREEMENT TO COVER THIS. INDONESIA
PREFERRED TO LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE : AD HOC ARRANGEMENTS
AND NO FORMAL AGREEMENTS. AS AN EXAMPLE PRASETYO SAID
A GROUP (SOME 20 STRONG) FROM THE INDONESIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE INSTITUTE WILL VISIT VIETNAM TOWARDS THE END OF 1985