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FM BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
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OF 19041OZ SEPTEMBER 88
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, BANGKOK, HANOI, MANILA INFO ROUTINE JAKARTA SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK
ASEAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS AND STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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THE PERMANENT SECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFA
RS BRIEFED ASEAN MEMBERS AND DIALOGUE PARTNERS ON 14 SEPT
JN THESE RECENT MEETINGS.
CAMBODIA
2.
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DATO LIM SAID ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS WOULD MEET AS USUAL AT UNGA AND TABLE A RESOLUTION ON KA
MPUCHEA. THIS YEAR'S RESOLUTION WOULD NEED TO REFLECT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE JIM, BUT THEY WERE SEEKING TO ACHIE VE THIS WITH THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CHANGES. THIS SHOULD EN B
E DELEGATIONS TO CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT WITHOUT REFFENCE TO GOVERNMENTS.
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3. THE ASEAN LOBBYING MISSION TO AFRICA HAD SOME INDICATIONS THAT UGANDA, TANZANIA AND BURKINO FASO MIGHT THIS YEAR REGISTER POSITIVE VOTES. ZIMBABWE HAD SAID THEY WOULD DEFINITELY NOT CHANGE THEIR POSITION.
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4. AN ASEAN WORKING GROUP WAS TO DISCUSS THE NATURE OF A SECOND
WHICH INDONESIA HAD AGREED TO HOST. NO DETAILS WERE YET
JIM,
AVAILABLE.
INDO- CHINESE REFUGEES
5. THE MEETING HAD ENDORSED THE MANDATE FOR AN ASEAN WORKING
GROUP TO SEEK TO ACHIEVE AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MALAYSIA
IN EARLY 1989 WITH A PREPARATORY MEETING AT SENIOR OFFICIAL LEVEL
IN NOVEMBER. THE SECRETARY GENERAL WOULD BE ASKED TO ISSUE
INVITATIONS.
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