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3. ASHRAF WAS HOWEVER MORE CAUTIOUS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF PAKİSTAN MAKING DIRECT REPRESENTATIONS TO THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. PAKISTAN'S CLOSE LINKS WITH CHINA AND ITS NON- RECOGNITION OF THE NEW REGIME IN KAMPUCHEA MEANT THAT THEY HAD LITTLE INFLUENCE IN HANOI,THE VIETNAMESE WERE IN ANY CASE UNLIKELY TO PAY NUCH ATTENTION TO CUTSIDE PRESSURE (THOUGH ASHRAF AGREED THAT THIS WAS NO ARGUMENT AGAINST TRYING TO EXERT IT), ASHRAF ALSO HINTED THAT UNTIL PAKISTAN'S FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE NAM HAD BEEN CONFIRMED IN HAVANA IN SEPTEMBER, THE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT WOULD BE HESITANT TO TAKE ANY PROMINENT PART IN CRITICISING VIETNAMESE ACTIONS.
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I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE MFA IN A WEEK OR SO, IT MAY MEANWHILE BE HELPFUL IF UKMIS NEW YORK WERE TO SPEAK TO NAIK, THE PAKISTAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE.
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