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FM BONN
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 530
OF 03083OZ JUN 88
INFO PRIORITY THE HAGUE
INFOR ROUTINE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 123 TO THE HAGUE: BILATERALS WITH THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN
MINISTER.
1. I SPOKE TO ZELLER (AUS FOR ASIA, AUSWAERTIGES AMT). ZELLER WAS GRATEFUL TO KNOW THE LINES ON WHICH YOU WOULD BE BRIEFED FOR YOUR MEETING WITH THACH, AND PROMISED TO NOTIFY GENSCHER ACCORDINGLY, BUT WAS UNWILLING TO GIVE AN ASSURANCE THAT HE WOULD TAKE THE SAME LINE.
2. ZELLER POINTED OUT THAT THE LIKELY VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO
PRESSURE FOR THEM TO RESPECT THEIR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS WOULD
BE A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC AID TO COPE WITH RESETTLEMENT COSTS OF RETURNING BOAT PEOPLE. THERE WAS OF COURSE AN ANSWER TO THIS: IE THAT IF THE VIETNAMESE WITHDREW FROM CAMBODIA, THIS WOULD FREE RESOURCES FOR TACKLING VIETNAM'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. BUT GIVEN THAT
THE WHOLE PROBLEM WAS LESS URGENT FOR THE FRG THAN FOR OURSELVES,
ZELLER DOUBTED WHETHER GENSCHER WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE TOO
CONFRONTATIONAL A LINE.
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