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INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, BONN, THE HAGUE, PARIS INFO ROUTINE OSLO
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KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 276: PIRACY IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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KUALA LUMPUR IS CORRECT TO POINT OUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF ENGAGING THE MALAYSIANS IN ANY SORT OF WORTHWHILE DIALOGUE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OECD. WE, THE HIGH COMMISSION AND ERD HAVE FOR SOME TIME BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE AS TO HOW WE MIGHT ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION. BUT ANYTHING WE COME UP WITH IS UNLIKELY TO BEAR
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2. ON THE SPECIFIC QUESTION OF MARITIME TRANSPORT, IT WOULD INDEED BE BENEFICIAL TO OECD MEMBERS IF MALAYSIA COULD BE DRAWN INTO THE INFORMAL DIALOGUE WHICH THE OECD HAS BEGUN WITH THE DAES. THAT DIALOGUE IS, HOWEVER, CONSTRAINED BY THE LOW LEVEL OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND THE OECD IS THEREFORE UNLIKELY EVER TO REPRESENT MORE THAN A FORUM FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.
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WE THEREFORE AGREE THAT THE PROBLEM OF PIRACY WOULD BETTER BE ADDRESSED ELSEWHERE (EG AT THE IMO).
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