TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 306

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JAKARTA 11070Z JUL 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 50 OF 11 JULY

INFO FCO

FOR ACTING DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES

YOUR TELNO 9: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

VISIT OF JOURNALISTS (1314

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IN ADDITION TO THE ''KOMPAS' JOURNALIST MENTIONED IN OUR

TELNO 45, THE FOLLOWING HAVE EXPRESSED FIRM INTEREST IN YOUR

PROPOSAL AND WE SHOULD WISH TO NOMINATE THEM:

1231) MR A R SALEH OF ANGKATAN BERSENJATA (THE ARMED FORCES DAILY).

MR KUSTIGAR NADEAK, FOREIGN DESK, SINAR HARAPAN (CHRISTIAN DAILY WITH SECOND HIGHEST CIRCULATION IN INDONESIA)

MA WILLĪĘ NURSIVĪN, FOREIGN AFFAIRS EDITOR, MERDEKA (NATIONALIST DAILY).

2.

WE HAVE SUGGESTED TO THE JOURNALISTS THAT THEY MIGHT LEAVE

INDONESIAN ON THE MORNING OF 18 OR 19 JULY AND RETURN ON 21 OR

22 JULY. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION WHETHER THIS WOULD BE

CONVENIENT. THEY WILL TRAVEL AS A GROUP.

3. OF THE THREE JOURNALISTS MENTIONED ABOVE, ALL SPEAK GOOD

ENGLISH, BUT ONLY MR NURSIVIN CLAIMS EVEN A SMATTERING OF CHINESE.

WE HOPE, THEREFORE, YOU COULD PROVIDE AN INTERPRETOR INTO ENGLISH. INTERPRETATION FROM CHINESE DIRECTLY INTO INDONESIAN

WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.

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