C. OIL: VIETNAM WANTS JOINT EXPLORATION/EX. 'OTIATION OF VIL
AND NATURAL GAS ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF BETWEEN VICTHAN
AND INDONESIA, SOME OF WHICH IS IN THE AREA DISPUTED
BY BOTH SIDES. INDONESIA PUSHED FOR A SPEEDING UP OF THE
TALKS AIMED AT DELINEATING THE BOUNDARIES. PRASETYO SAID HE
THOUGHT INDONESIA MIGHT ACCEPT JOINT EXPLORATION BUT ONLY
IF VIETNAME PUT IN FINANCE AS A SHAREHOLDER BUT LEFT..
INDONESIA TO CARRY OUT THE OPERATION.
D.
AIRLINE CONNECTION : VIETNAM WANTED REGULAR FLIGHTS BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES. INDONESIA BELIEVED THIS TO BE A
POLITICAL DESIRE RATHER THAN AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE
PROPOSITION. PRASETYO COMMENTED THIS WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY
TO HAPPEN IN THE SHORT TERM.
E. REFUGEES : INDONESIA ASKED VIETNAM TO PREVENT FURTHER
ILLEGAL DEPARTURES BY BOAT OF REFUGEES FFROM 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.
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.
IN
REGIONAL
3.
MOCHTAR SAW THE PROBLEM IN 3 PARTS, ALL INTERRELATED.
A.
B.
STRATEGIC BALANCE OF FORCES AND
PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE OF ALL SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
NECESSITATING
C. A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF CAMBODIA.
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