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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM JAKARTA 130525Z JAN 79

TO IMEDIATE F C O

TELNO 16 OF 13 JANUARY

AND TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR

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HKK 243

SINGAPORE AND MANIL,

INFO TO UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PARIS, PEKING VIENTIANE (VIENTIANE PL PASS SAVING TO HANOI)

SAVING TO TOKYO.

N.T.

YOUR TELNO 11 TO BANGKOK: VIETNAM/CAMBODIA

(112)

MOSCOW AND STRY NO. 51 15 JAN1979

INDEX

No

R

isli

REG RY Action

1. I SPOKE THIS MORNING AS INSTRUCTED TO DARUSMAN (DIRECTOR GENERAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS D F A) IN ABSENCE OF HIS MINISTER IN

BANGKOK.

2. DARUSMAN LARGELY ECHOED THE THAI REACTIONS (BANGKOK TELNO 25 TO YOU) AND AGREED WITH POINTS SET OUT IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TUR. HE REVERTED TO INDONESIAS EARLIER HOPES OF INFLUENCING VIETNAM TOWARD MODERATION (PARA 2 OF MY TELEGRAM 13) AND REGRETTED THAT WESTERN GOVERNMENTS HAD NOT DONE MORE TO NORMALISE THEIR OWN RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM OR TO MANIFEST THEIR ATTACHMENT TO AN

AUTONOMOUS CAMBODIA.

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3. HE ANTICIPATED THAT THE CURRENT ASEAN MEETING IN BANGKOK WOULD

RESULT IN A JOINT ASEAN DECLARATION BUT IN STRONGER TERMS THAN THAT IN MY TELNO 11.

4. IN THAT CONTEXT HE ADDED THAT ALL ASEAN GOVERNMENTS WOULD WISH

TO MAKE THEIR OWN SEPARATE STATEMENTS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL

AND HOPED THAT WE WOULD TAKE A LEAD IN INVITING THEM. TO DO SO.

4. AS TO ''BOAT PEOPLE' (PARA 5 OF MY TELNO 13) DARUSMAN SAID THAT INDONEISAN THINKING HAD CHANGED AND, IF IT WERE PRACTICABLE, WERE NOW PREPARED TO MAKE AVAILABLE AN INDONESIAN ISLAND FOR THE

PURPOSE.

O'BRIEN

FILES

SEAS

ARED

4ND

FED

SAD

FID(E)

BESD

010

NEWS O

MVD PS

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/MR LUAND

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

MR COR TAZZI

MR WEIR

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MR MURRAI

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