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TELNO 138 OF 17 MAY
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRICRITY PARIS (FOR MURRAY), UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, MANILA AND WASHINGTON,
MY TELNO 134:
JAKARTA CONFERENCE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROCESSING CENTRE
FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
AFTER ARDUOUS DISCUSSION INTO THE EVENING OF 16 MAY, THE MESTING AGREED THE TEXT OF A **CONCLUDING SUMMARY'' BY THE CHAIRMAN (FOREIGN MINISTER MOCHTAR). A CLEAN TEXT OF THIS, WIEN AVAILABLE, WILL FOLLOW BY BAG.
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THE SUMMARY RECAPITULATES EARLIER ASEAN ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE A REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE AFTER THE STATEMENT OF ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS IN BANGKOK ON 21 FEBRUARY. IT NOTES THE ASEAN COUNTRIES' AGREEMENT THAT PRIORITY FOR THE USE OF THE PROCESSING CENTRE (PC)
SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE ASEAN COUNTRIES OF FIRST REFUGE MOST
SEVERELY AFFECTED IN TERMS OF EXISTING NUMBERS AND THE RATE OF
ARRIVAL OF NEW REFUGEES.
3. THE SUMMARY NOTES THAT MOCHTAR OPENED THE MEETING BY EMPHAS→
1GING THAT IT SHOULD CONCERN ITSELF WITH GIVING A RESPONSE TO THE
INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF AN ISLAND. HE EMPHASISED THAT
THE MEETING SHOULD NOT DISCUSS EITHER THE IMMEDIATE OR FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES OF THE OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM, WHICH SHOULD SIMPLY BE ACCEPTED AS A FACT. HE WELCOMED THE PRESENCE OF A
DELEGATION FROM VIETNAM AS A GESTURE OF GOODWILL AND AS A TOKEN OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PLEDGE GIVEN BY VIETNAM THAT THERE IS NO INTENTION TO CAUSE HARDSHIP OR BURDEN TO THE NEIGHBOUR- ING COUNTRIES OF ASEAN WITH THE REFUGEE PROBLEM??.
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