S38
AUSTRALI AN
HIGH
COMMISSION,
LONDON
INWARD
CABLEGRAM
RP02475 7 +
HKD 243/8
BY
REC
1° JUL 1988
M. Forma
Nin
TY
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0.KL110776 DWOB
TOR 0809 18.07.88
0.KL110776 0935 18.7.88 CLA
TO.
PP CANBERRA/3750
RP.
RR BANGKOK/5157 HANOI/1143 OTTAWA/509
RR WASHINGTON/1860 LONDON/2009 TOKYO/1190 RR SINGAPORE/6721 HONG KONG/1488 MANILA/1169 RR JAKARTA/6301 BRUNEI / 1187
FM. KUALA LUMPUR / FA
1) cc HKD
2)Mr Colvin
My Godson.
1.5.112.
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: MALAYSIA
START OF SUMMARY
WHILE NOT YET ACTIVELY FOCUSSING ON TIMING/MODALITIES FOR A PREPCOM LEADING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDOCHINESE BOAT PEOPLE, THE MALAYSIANS HOPE IT WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
END OF SUMMARY
WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF A CALL ON HASHIM TAIB (DIRECTOR, PLANNING, MFA) EQUIVALENT TO OUR BRANCH HEAD ON 15 JULY TO ASK HIM FOR HIS VIEWS ON FOLLOW UP TO ASEAN AMM AND PMC IN RESPECT OF THE INDOCHINESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE. HASHIM SAID THAT:
FOREIGN MINISTER ABU HASSAN WAS PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME IN BANGKOK
AS INDICATED IN BANGKOK, ABU HASSAN WOULD GO TO HANQI SHORTLY TO PRESS THE VIETNAMESE ON THE BOAT PEOPLE
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