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FM JAKARTA 0925502 MAY 7 No
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 127 OF 9 MAY
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVNR), KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,
BANGKOK, MANILA
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON,
FROM FURNESS
IN ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR ON TOUR
JAKARTA TELNO 121: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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THE LATEST INDICATIONS AT OFFICIAL LEVEL IN THE DFA (MOCHTAR HAS GONE TO MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE ISLAMIC FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING AT FEZ AND WILL NOT RETURN TO JAKARTA UNTIL 13 MAY, WHILE DARUSHAN HAS NOW LEFT THE DFA PREPARATORY TO HIS POSTING TO SWITZERLAND AS AMBASSADOR) SHOW CONSIDERABLE SYMPATHY FOR HONG KONG'S PREDICAMENT AND ALSO WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THAT THE FORMAL EXCLUSION OF VIETNAMESETJEFUGEES IN HONG KONG FROM DYE ISLAND PROCESSING CENTRE (IPC) WOULD BE, HARD FOR HONG KONG AND
HMG TO ACCEPT.
2. THE LATEST POSITION ON INTER-ASEAN CONSULTATION, HOWEVER, APPEARS TO BE THAT APART FROM SOME POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE (COMPOSED OF ASEAN HEADS OF MISSION IN JAKARTA) ON 11 MAY, A MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM ASEAN COUNTRIES WILL BE HELD IN JAKARTA ON 14 MAY (1.E. THE DAY BEFORE THE CONFERENCE BEGINS) TO CONSIDER DETAILED INDONESIAN PROPOSALS FOR THE RUNNING OF THE IPC. I HAVE URGED THE ASEAN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ENSURE THAT THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG IS RAISED AT THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND HE HAS - AGREED TO DO THIS. NEITHER THE OFA NOR ASEAN MISSIONS IN JAKARTA APPEAR TO EXPECT MUCH SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, HOWEVER, BEFORE MOCHTAR'S RETURN TO JAKARTA ON 13 MAY AND THE SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING HERE THE DAY AFTER.
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