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MDLIAN 2409
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 223
OF 150825Z JANUARY 88
INFO ROUTINE TO KUALA LUMPUR, HANOI, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA INFO ROUTINE TO BANGKOK, MANILA, UKMIS GENEVA
(215 87/2435)
YOUR TELNO 3108: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
CONTACT WITH ASEAN: MALAYSIA
SUMMARY
MALAYSIAN COMMISSIONER IS SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE USEFULNESS OF
APPROACHING HANOI ON INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION AT THE MOMENT.
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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY SAW MALAYSIAN COMMISSIONER MARZA I ON 14 JANUARY AND SPOKE ON LINES OF PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 4829.
3. MARZUKI SAID THAT MALAYSIA WAS RECEIVING FEWER REFUGEES FROM
VIETNAM THAN PREVIOUSLY. HE ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH LOCAL PEOPLE IN MALAYSIA WERE RESENTFUL TOWARDS THE REMAINING REFUGEES IN PILAU BIDONG, THE OVERALL REFUGEE SITUATION IN MALAYSIA WAS NOT (NOT) VERY SERIOUS.
4. MARZUKI APPEARED TO BE NOT VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ANY APPROACH TO HANOI THINKING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE VERY PRODUCTIVE AT THE MOMENT. HE ASKED ABOUT TALKS BETWEEN HANOI AND HMG ON THE ISSUE OF REPATRIATION WHICH HE SEEMED TO THINK WAS ONLY BEING PURSUED ON A BILATERAL BASIS. WE OUTLINED LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE AND ON DURABLE SOLUTIONS.
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MARZUKI ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HAD BEEN ASKED A FEW MONTHS AGO BY THE LOCAL AUSTRALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ASEAN COUNTRIES TACKLING THE VIETNAMESE ON THE REFUGEE ISSUE IN ONE OF THEIR REGULAR LIAISON SESSIONS. MARZUKI SAID THAT HE HAD PASSED THIS SUGGESTION TO HIS GOVERNMENT, BUT HAD SO FAR RECEIVED
NO RESPONSE.
6. MARZUKI WAS NON-COMMITTAL ON OUR SUGGESTION TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO KUALA LUMPUR TO DISCUSS THE REFUGEE ISSUE, BUT UNDERTOOK TO CONSULT KUALA LUMPUR ON THIS AND REVERT.
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