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INFO PRIORITY ASEAN POSTS, UKMIS NEW YORK
OCT 1990
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INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE UKDEL IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON
YOUR TELNO 151 TO BERNE: GULF CRISIS: BURDEN SHARING INDONESIA
SUMMARY
NO SIGN THAT INDONESIA WILL RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR A
TOKEN CONTRIBUTION. NO US LOBBYING IN JAKARTA.
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WE SPOKE TO RIANOM, DIRECTOR, AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST, DFA ON 26 SEPTEMBER, FOLLOWING UP WITH A FORMAL NOTE BASED ON TUR. RIANON TOOK CAREFUL NOTE, IN PARTICULAR OF OUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT INDONESIA WAS A DEVELOPING COUNTRY WITH LARGE (IF WELL MANAGED) DEBT. HE MADE NO COMMITMENT BEYOND AGREEING TO PASS ON OUR REQUEST, INCLUDING TO ALATAS IN NEW YORK.
THE US EMBASSY ARE AWARE OF AMERICAN LOBBYING ELSEWHERE, BUT HAVE RECEIVED NO INSTRUCTIONS TO LOBBY IN JAKARTA.
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WE REMINDED THE INDONESIANS THAT ON OCCASION THEY HAD SENT MEDICAL AND OTHER SUPPLIES ABROAD FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS, USUALLY FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTER. IT IS POSSIBLE WE MAY GET SOME SUCH GESTURE, EG HELP FOR REFUGEES, BUT ON BALANCE WE THINK IT UNLIKELY.
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