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DARUSMAN CONFIRMED THAT NO ASEAN SUMMIT WOULD BE CALLED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INDO-CHINESE SITUATION. THAT TOPIC WOULD. HOWEVER, FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN TALKS WHICH SUHARTO WILL HAVE WITH DATUK HUSSAIN IN JOG JAKARTA NEXT MONTH AND WOULD FIGURE IN ANY PROPOSED TALKS WHICH SUHARTO HAS WITH MARCOS.
5. DARUSMAN HAD HAD A REPORT FROM SALEH BASARA (AMBASSADOR IN LONDON) ABOUT YOUR TALK ON 16 FEBRUARY AND MADE NO SECRET OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S BELIEF THAT THE SOVIET UNION (OPERATING THROUGH HANOI) WAS JUST AS BIG A THREAT TO INDONESIA AS CHINA. I PRESSED HIM ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE MILITARY AND SAID THAT WE HAD NOTED MORE APPRECIATION ON THE IR PART OF THE THREAT FROM SOVIET INFLUENCE
IN THIS AREA., HE IMPLIED THAT THEY WERE CERTAINLY COMING ROUND TO SHARE THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S VIEW.
6. AS TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (HONG KONG TELNO 307) DARUSMAN SAID THAT SUHARTO HAD NOW APPROVED THE TRANSIT CENTRE SCHEME PROVIDED THAT INDONESIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER ANY INDONESIAN ISLAND WAS UN IMPAIRED AND THAT UNHCR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION. THE MATTER WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH A SENIOR VISITING UNHCR OFFICIAL SHORTLY. DARUSMAN CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSIT CENTRE WOULD NOT BE EXCLUSIVE TO ASEAN AND WOULD HAVE GENERAL APPLICATION IN THE AREA. I EXPRESSED HONG KONG'S INTEREST (HONG KONG TELNO 295) AND SAID THAT HONG KONG WOULD WISH TO BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SCHEME OF THIS SORT. I DID NOT MENTION A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION THOUGH DARUSMAN DID.
7. THE CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE TRANSIT CENTRE ARE SET OUT IN A STATEMENT MADE BY MOCHTAR ON HIS RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND ARE ENCLOSED WITH COPIES OF THIS TELE-LETTER WHICH I AM SENDING BY BAG TODAY. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE CONTINUED USE OF THE CENTRE IS CONDITIONAL UPON FIRM COMMITMENTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES, IN FACT THE ISLAND PROPOSED IS 25 SQUARE KILOMETRES AND PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS WOULD INEVITABLY MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR THE FIRST BATCH OF REFUGEES TO BE TAKEN BY THIRD COUNTRIES BEFORE A SECOND BATCH COULD TRANSIT THROUGH THE CENTRE.
WOULD MR CORTAZZI'S STAFF PLEASE PASS BY BAG TO HONG KONG. WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK
T J O'BRIEN
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