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8. HUANG HUA HAD NOTHING NEW TO SAY ON ASIA OR KOREA, ON INDO
CHINA. HE THOUGHT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE SOLELY TO THE RUSSIANS EXPLOITING VIETNAMESE EXPANSIONIST AMBITIONS. HE THOUGHT ASEAN HAD MAINTAINED GOOD VIGILANCE AGAINST VIETNAMESE MOVES.
THE STRENGTHENING ECONOMIES OF ASEAN MEMBERS WERE CONDUCIVE TO STABILITY IN THE AREA. CHINA HAD GOOD RELATIONS WITH MALAYSIA, A THAILAND AND THE PHILIPPINES, BUT HAD NOT YET ESTABLISHED THEM WITH SINGAPORE OR RESTORED THEM WITH INDONESIA.
9. IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION MURRAY SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO
DISCUSSION OF ARMS SALES.
10. MURRAY GAVE ASEAN REPRESENTATIVES COPIES OF TRANSCRIPT OF DR OWEN'S REMARKS TO PRESS ON 13 OCTOBER (MY TELNO 654 TO- PRETORIA NOW BEING REPEATED).
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