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FM JAKARTA 110542Z OCT 82
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 298 OF 11 OCTOBER
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INFO BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANILA, PEKING AND TOKYC
YOUR TEL TO BANGKOK NO 372 OF 6 OCTOBER: HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE
I IN FACT WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PAPERS ON THIS PROPOSAL SINCE MAY. WILL BE ON MID TOUR LEAVE AT THE TIME, SO JAKARTA WOULD BE REPRESENT- ED BY THE CHARGE.
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MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS THAT THE MEETING MIGHT WELL HAVE AN INSIDE BRIEFING ON THE HONG KONG ISSUE. THE INDONESIANS HAVE ECHOED OVERSEAS COMMENTS ON THE VISIT IN THIER PUBLICITY, BUT THEIR OWN REFLECTIONS HAVE BEEN VERY MUTED. HONG KONG IS TREATED HERE VERY MUCH AS A SEPARATE ENTITY WHEN IT COMES TO SUCH MATTERS AS TRADING STATISTICS, AND I SUSPECT THAT, THOUGH THEY WILL NOT SAY SO, THEY WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE CHINA SOLUTION - CPR, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN, RATHEN THAN A SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE CPR'S POWER TOWARDS THE END OF THE CENTURY. AT THE SAME TIME THEY WOULD BE INHIBITED FROM LENDING OVERT SUPPORT TO ANY REGIME WHICH SMACKS OF COLONIALISM. OTHERS IN ASEAN, AND MAYBE TOKYO MAY INDEED FEEL THE SAME. THIS SEEMS TO ME POTENTIALLY A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEM FOR OUR INTERESTS IN THIS PARCH IN THE LONGER TERM, THAN SAY THE CAMBODIAN PROBLEM.
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