HICD 24318
ECH
13 SEP 1988
793
RESTRICTED
FM BANGKOK
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 627
OF 130834Z SEPTEMBER 88
RESTRICTED
IND
·FFICER
PA
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, KAMPALA
REGISTRY
Jasen
066472
MDHIAN 3315
TOMS TOP COPY
DIST 7
AND TO PRIORITY HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND TO PRIORITY MANILA, WASHINGTON, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, OTTAWA AND TO PRIORITY CANBERA.
KAMPALA FOR PS/FOREIGN SECRETARY
187
HONG KONG TELNO 3418 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : RUN-UP TO INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
SUMMARY
1.
MORE DETAILS OF MEETING BETWEEN ASEAN AND ICG REPRESENTATIVES ON 16 SEPTEMBER. NEITHER UNHCR NOR THE THAIS HAVE OBJECTIONS TO
HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPANYING THEIR BRITISH COLLEAGUES TO
MEETING.
DETAIL
2. UNHCR CONVENED AN INFORMAL MEETING ON 12 SEPTEMBER TO DISCUSS
THE PROPOSALS FOR DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE ASEAN WORKING GROUP AND
ICG REPRESENTATIVES ON 16 SEPTEMBER. AT THIS MEETING THE THAIS SUGGESTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE TALKS LASTING BETWEEN ONE AND HALF AND TWO HOURS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 16 SEPTEMBER. THESE TALKS SHOULD FOCUS ON THE CHRONOLOGY FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL CON- FERENCE (BROADLY ALONG THE LINES REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 622). THIS
WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A WORKING DINNER THE SAME EVENING AT WHICH
THERE COULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. THOSE WISHING TO HAVE FURTHER
TALKS COULD DO SO INFORMALLY BY ACCOMPANYING THE ASEAN WORKING
GROUP ON A VISIT TO PANAT NIKHOM REFUGEE CAMP ON 17 SEPTEMBER.
3.
THE THAIS APPEAR TO BE KEEN AT THIS STAGE TO KEEP THE MEET-
ING ON 16 SEPTEMBER FAIRLY SMALL AND INFORMAL. REPRESENTATIVES FROM UNHCR, THE US, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN AND THE UK HAVE BEEN INVITED, BUT THE THAIS RESISTED ATTEMPTS BY THE US TO EXPAND THE MEETING TO ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERS.
4. UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES HERE (JAMBOR) TOLD US THAT THE UNSG'S
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