TNAG-0898-FCO40-1108-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 218

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Hick 343/1

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1 1 OCT 1979

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FM JAKARTA 083743Z OCT

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 337 OF 8 OCTOBER

INFO HANOI, WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANIA, BANGVOK, HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR).

INDONESIAN TACTICS:

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

ASKED ABOUT INDONESIA'S INTENTIONS IN RELATION TO A MISSION TO HANOI IN CONNECTION WITH THE REFUGEE PROBLEM, ANWAR SANI, DIRECTOR GENERAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS, TOLD EEC HEADS OF MISSION OF 4

CONSIDERATION.

OCTOBER THAT THE IDEA OF A MISSION WAS STILL UNDER VERY ACTIVE MOCHTAR WOULD RETURN TO JAKARTA ON 15 OCTOBER. THE MATTER WOULD THEN BE DISCUSSED, IT WAS APPARENT THAT A MISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY THOROUGHLY PREPARED. THE INDONESIANS HOPED FOR RESULTS AND FOR EFFECTIVE FOLLOW THROUGH. NOT THEREFORE GOING TO HURRY AND QUEER THEIR PITCH.

THEY WERE

SPENDLOVE

FILES

SEAD

FK & GD

ADDICIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

UND

TED

EED

FUSD

CID

IPD

REWS D

ES

PS/LFS

FS/MR BAKER

SIR A PUER

NA CORBAZZI

FOR HERRAX

NI SHPATRON

NORD NG DETOX

ONFIDENTIAL.