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CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

FROM J N RUTTER, JAKARTA

FOLLOWING FOR L M DAVIS ESQ, S OF S, HONG KONG

COPIES TO

CHANCERIES

R D CLIFT ESQ, HK AND GD, F C O

R S POWELL ESQ, SEAD, F CO

BANGKOK, MANILA, SINGAPORE, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA,

US REFUGEE POLICY, YOUR TELELETTER OF 11 MARCH TO CLIFT

ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE CUSHING

VISITED JAKARTA FROM 29 TO 31 MARCH FOR CONSULTATIONS WIT THE

INDONESIANS ON US POLICY TOWARDS REFUSEES. HE HAD A LENGTHLY DISCUSSION WITH COLONEL SOEDIBYO, SPECIAL AID TO GENERAL MOERDANI ( HEAD OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE).

2.

ACCORDING TO THE US EMBASSY HERE, THE INDONESIAN REACTION WAS RELAXED, SOEDIBYO SAID THEY HAD BEEN EXPECTING AN AMERICAN APPROACH, PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT AUSTRALIAN MOVES IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THE CRUCIAL FACTOR, ACCORDING TO THE US EMBASSY, WAS THE CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE ASSURANCE THAT THE US WOULD EVENTUALLY RE-EXAMINE THE CASES OF THOSE EXCLUDED BY THE NEW POLICY, TO ENSURE THAT INDONESIA WAS NOT LEFT WITH A RESIDUE. NO INDICATION WAS GIVEN OF WHEN SUCH A RE-EXAMINATION WOULD TAKE PLACE.

3.

COLONEL SOEDIBYO SPOKE OF A TWO-TO-THREE YEAR PERIOD BEFORE THE US MEASURES MIGHT AFFECT THE FLOW OF REFUGEES. IF THERE IS NO REDUCTION IN THE FLOW, AND THE INDONESIANS BELIEVE A RESIDUE TO BE BUILDING UP, THE US EMBASSY SUSPECTS THAT INDONESIA WOULD START PUSHING REFUGEES OFF IN THE DIRECTION OF AUSTRALIA.

N J RUTTER.

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