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YOUR TELNO 1784 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REQUEST FOR TALKS
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AS FORESHADOWED IN 2ND TUR, THE MALAYSIANS HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT FOREIGN MINISTER, DATUK ABU HASSAN OMAR WILL VISIT HANOI SOMETIME NEXT MONTH. THE MFA TELL US THAT THE DATES ARE TENTATIVELY 10 TO 13 AUGUST. THE MAIN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE THE REFUGEE
PROBLEM.
2.
LOCAL PRESS REPORTS SUGGEST THAT THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR HERE HAD TOLD THE MINISTER THAT HE WAS WELCOME TO VISIT HANOI AT ''ANY TIME''
THE REPORTS ADD THAT THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS AT THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK HAD WELCOMED THE VISIT.
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THE MALAYSIANS IN TURN ARE LIKELY TO WELCOME BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN HMG AND VIETNEM, SINCE THEY MAINTAIN THAT THE WAY TO RESOLVE THE REFUGEE PROBLEM IS THROUGH NEGOTIATION. THE MALAYSIANS REMAIN KEEN TO HOLD AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE REFUGEE PROBLEM, AND THE VISIT TO HANOI MAY CONCENTRATE ON PERSUADING THE VIETNAMESE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A CONFERENCE.
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.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
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