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OBJET 21. POSTMINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERS,
BANGKOK 7-8
JULY 1988
THE PRESIDENCY WOULD LIKE TO INFORM PARTNERS ON THE DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL SUBJECTS AT THE 21. POSTMINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF ASEAN FOREING MINISTERS WITH DIALOGUE PARTNERS IN THEIR VARIOUS MEETING (6+6, 6+5+1, 6+1).
THE TROIKA WAS HEADED BY ALTERNATE MINISTER PANGALOS
A CCOMPANIED BY MINISTER GENSCHER AND MINISTER FERNANDEZ ORDONEZ. THE COMMISSION WAS REPRESENTED BY MR. CHEYSSON. THE OTHER DIA- LOGUE PARTNERS WERE REPRESENTED AS FOLLOWS:
AUSTRALIA : MR. WILLIAM HAYDEN, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE.
CANADA: MR. JOE CLARK, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS.
JAPAN: MR. SOSUKE UNO, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. NEW ZEALAND: MR. RUSSELL MARSHALL, MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.
USA: MR. GEORGE SHULTZ, SECRETARY OF STATE.
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS
A) DIALOGUE 6+6
1.
CAMBODIA
THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THE POSTMINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AS WELL AS THE PRECEEDING ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, WAS THE QUESTION OF CAMBODIA AND THE PREPARATIONS OF THE JAKARTA INFORMAL MEETING (JIM) OF THE KAMPUCHEAN FACTIONS, VIETNAM, LAOS AND ASEAN SCHEDULED FOR 25 JULY 1988.
ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS HAD ISSUED ON 3 JULY A STATEMENT ON THE JAKARTA MEETING. IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH DIALOGUE PARTNERS THEY UNDERLINED THAT THEY HAVE NO ILLUSION ABOUT AN EARLY BREAKTHROUGH, BUT THAT THEY ARE NOW CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TO BE
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