TNAG-0896-FCO40-1106-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 117

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TELNO 395 OF 17 AUGUST

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INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, UKHIS NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA.

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ROUTINE UKNIS GENEVA, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON, BONN AND PARIS,

MY TELEGRAM NO 390: INDO-CHINA AT THE UNITED NATIONS.

1. THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION (OTT) TOLD MURRAY

TODAY THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT HAD NOW REVIEWED ALL THE

SOUNDINGS IN OTHER CAPITALS. THEY WERE GRATEFUL TO THE

UK FOR ITS PROMPT AND POSITIVE RESPONSE BUT HAD CONCLUDED

THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL TO INSCRIBE A SEPARATE ITEM, PARTICULARLY FROM THE ASEANS WHO WANT TO SEE

HOW VIETNAM LIVES UP TO ITS UNDERTAKINGS. THIS DEING SO THE AUSTRALIANS DO NOT INTEND TO PROCEED FURTHER BUT WILL CONCENTRATE THEIR ATTENTION ON THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONCERTED ACTION LATER. IT WAS EVIDENTLY STILL NECESSARY

TO MONITOR THE VIETNAMESE PERFORMANCE VERY CAREFULLY

AND IT WAS STILL THE AUSTRALIANS' HOPE THAT WALDHEIM.

WOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN INSCRIBING A SEPARATE ITEM

AND THAT THIS WOULD BE TAKEN IN PLENARY.

2. MURRAY SAID THAT IN THE LIGHT OF KUALA LUMPUR TELEGRAM

NO 295 THE AUSTRALIAN DECISION SEEMED SENSIBLE.

CARRINGTON.

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