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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 04020OZ HANOI
TELNO 262
OF 031130Z NOVEMBER 88
INFO ROUTINE PARIS, BANGKOK
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YOUR TELNO 394: CALL ON THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER: 7
NOVEMBER
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YOU WILL WISH TO ENSURE THAT THACH IS UP TO SPEED ON BOAT
PEOPLE. WE WOULD ALSO WELCOME HIS ASSURANCE THAT TALK OF
LINKAGE BETWEEN WITHDRAWAL FROM CAMBODIA AND THE ENDING OF
FOREIGN SUPPORT TO KHMER FACTIONS IMPLIES NO BACKTRACKING FROM VIETNAM'S UNCONDITIONAL COMMITMENT TO WITHDRAW FULLY BY 1990.
2. WE DO NOT WANT TO STIMULATE A VISIT BY THACH. THE TIME TO
PLAY THAT CARD MAY COME BUT NOT YET. THE VIETNAMESE STILL HAVE TO DELIVER ON CAMBODIA AND BOAT PEOPLE AND MUST BE LEFT IN NO DOUBT OF THIS. HOWEVER, IF THACH RAISES THE SUBJECT YOU SHOULD SAY THAT A VISIT IS UNLIKELY TO BE POSSIBLE FOR SOME TIME. BUT
ASSUMING MUTUALLY CONVENIENT DATES COULD BE FOUND MINISTERS
WOULD OF COURSE RECEIVE HIM.
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
204
.CAMBODIA/VIETNAM
STANDARD
SEAD
SAD
FED
HKD
SOVIET
DISTRIBUTION
206
UND
HD/CONSULAR
MR MCLAREN
CABINET OFFICE
PS/PM
PRESS/SEC/PM
SIR P CRADOCK 2 COPIES
COL HINTON DI ROW 3F MOD
ADDITIONAL
MR P MCLEAN
2
EAD/ODA
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