GRS 150
FROM SEAD
COWFIDENTIAL
FM CANBERRA
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER
REF 021/15
OF 16063OZ OCTOBER 1986
blkk 243/13
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
ULL
INDEX
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AND TO TELELETTER BANGKOK AND HANOI.
6 NOV 1986
FICER
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
G&R piense
fre
16/10
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Нопосили
PA (VRI Honolulu
FAC 0201t
CHAVAY
FROM A N GEORGE, CANBERRA
TC R V COURT, SEAD, FCO --
COPIES TO DAVID WYATT, BANGKOK.
MIKE WOOD, HANOI.
FA 2131304-12 C
YOUR TELELETTER OF 10095OZ: CAMBODIA
NO MANA
se the heatre, KD
Re pla
1. I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY RECENTLY TO ASK ILSE SVENN, HEAD OF THE
DFA'S INDO-CHINA SECTION, INDIRECTLY ABOUT AUSTRALIAN CONTACTS
WITH THE PRK. I GOT THE CLEAR IMPRESSION THAT DFA ARE STILL VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT SUCH CONTACTS. MS SVENN SAID THAT THE ASEAN
COUNTRIES REMAINED VERY SENSITIVE TO ANY SIGN OF AUSTRALIA ENTERING INTO RELATIONS WITH THE PRK, AND WERE STILL MAKING A FUSS ABOUT JOHN HOLLOWAY (THE HEAD OF DFA SOUTH-EAST ASIA
BRANCH) HAVING ACCOMPANIED TWO AUSTRALIAN MP'S TO PHNOM PENH
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I DO NOT THEREFORE THINK THAT WE NEED ATTACH
MUCH IMPORTANCE TO GORMAN'S REMARK REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 531.
Que
22/10
FA SAB/3012
2. THERE SEEMS NO LIKELIHOOD OF MR HAYDEN LAUNCHING ANY NEW
INITIATIVES ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT THERE WAS JUST A HINT FROM MS SVENN THAT HE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND FOR AFTER THE UNGA DEBATE ON CAMBODIA, WHEN THE ASEAN COUNTRIES MIGHT BE LESS SENSITIVE.
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SIGNED A N GECRCE