OCMIAN 2558
RESTRICTED
PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
011230Z NOV
GRS 207
RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 706
OF 011230Z NOVEMBER 85
INFO ROUTINE HANOI
RESTRICTED
2558 - 1
वारार
кк 24315
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
04 NOV 1985
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
L
FOR WOODHOUSE FROM LEEKS
6238
YOUR TELNO 2360 (NOT TO HANOI): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
HANOI HAVE SENT US AN ACCOUNT OF A RECENT BRIEFING BY THE
INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR TO EC REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THE VISIT BY
VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER, NGUYEN CO THACH TO JAKARTA BETWEEN
21 AND 26 AUGUST AND HIS TALKS THERE WITH INDONESIAN FOEIGN
MINISTER MOCHTAR KUSUMAATMADJA. DURING THEIR TALKS ON BILATERAL
MATTERS, MOCHTAR AND THACH DID INDEED DISCUSS REFUGEES.
OF DISCUSSION WAS SUMMARISED BY HANOI AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS.
REPORT
INDONESIA ASKED VIETNAM TO PREVENT FURTHER ILLEGAL
DEPARTURES BY BOAT OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM TO INDONESIA.
SINCE NOV 1984 WHEN 600 ETHNIC CHINESE ARRIVED BY BOAT FROM MY
THO THERE HAD BEEN MANY OTHER ARRIVALS, VIETNAMESE AS WELL AS
ETHNIC CHINESE. IN THE MY THO CASE INDONESIA NOW KNEW A
VIETNAMESE PATROL BOAT HAD ESCORTED THE SHIP OUT OF VIETNAMESE
WATERS (THEY HAD THE NAME OF THE CAPTAIN THOUGH, PRASETYO
CLAIMED, THEY HAD NOT USED THIS). THE VIETNAMESE SAID THEY WOULD
TRY TO PREVENT SUCH DEPARTURES.
ENDS.
HOWE
MINIMAL
HKD
SEAD
UND
RESTRICHED
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