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ADVANCES BOAT PEOPLE
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PC/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS FS/IR LUARD. IS/PUS
MR CORTAZZI
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HONG KONG GOVERMENT OFFICE
LONDON
MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
MR BIRT HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON
HD/UND
HD/HKGD
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HD/NEWS DEPT HD/SEAD
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CONFIDNEITAL
FM JAKARTA 1207332 FEB 79
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 59 OF 12 FEBRUARY
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INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE MANILA VIENTIANE WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MOSCOW AND CANBERRA
SAVING TO HANOI
MY TELNO 561 INDONESIA AND INDO CHINA
1. WHEN I SAW MOCHTAR (FOREIGN MINISTER) THIS MORNING HE SAID THAT HE HAD NOT ASKED ME TO CALL LAST WEEK WHEN HE HAD SUMMONED MOST OF MY WESTERN COLLEAGUES SINCE HE WAS SATISFIED THAT WE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED A CONTINUING DIALOGUE ABOUT THE EVENTS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AND WERE FULLY BRIEFED ON INDONESIAN THINKING.
2. HE MENTIONED THE TRANSIT ISLAND WHICH INDONESIA WILL PROVIDE FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT-PEOPLE BUT MADE NO ATTEMPT TO PRESS US TO ACCEPT ANY OF THEM SAYING THAT WE ALREADY HAD QUITE SUFFICIENT OTHER COMMITMENTS OF OUR OWN. IN ANY CASE, HE KNEW THAT MANY OF THE BOAT- PEOPLE WERE WELL-TO-DO CHINESE TOWKAYS WHO WERE MANAGING TO SHUGGLE OUT GOLD AND OTHER CONVERTIBLE ASSETS UNDER THE RACKET THAT HAD DEVELOPED AND COULD NOT REASONABLY BE TREATED AS DESTITUTE REFUGEES.
3. I ASKED HOW THE TRANSIT ISLAND WOULD BE MANAGED AND WHETHER ADMISSIONS WOULD ONLY BE ON THE BASIS OF PROBABLE ACCEPTANCES BY
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