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IN THESE, CAMBODIA CAME FIRST SINCE IT WAS THE MAJOR BAR TO THE
OTHER OBJECTIVES. TO THIS END NOCHTAR STILL CONSIDERED THAT A NEW ELEMENT (THE PEACEFUL INVOLVEMENT OF THE USA IN THE REGION) WAS A NECESSITY. REESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN USA AND VIETNAM WAS A PREREQUISITE AND MOCHTAR CONTINUED TO BELIEVE
THAT A RESOLUTION OF THE MIA ISSUE WAS THE WAY FORWARD. ONCE THE
USA WAS CONSTRUCTIVELY INVOLVED THE PROBLEM OF CAMBODIA COULD BE ATTACKED. BUT WHILE THE USA'S PEACEFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE INVOLVEMENT WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IT WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE : THÁI / VIETNAMESE
RELATIONS WERE ALSO IMPORTANT. PRASETYO SAID THAT MOCHTAR HAD
URGED THACH TO BE MORE CONCILATORY. THACH HAD ACCEPTED THIS AND
ASKED THAT MOCHTAR ARRANGE A MEETING FOR HIM WITH HIS THAI
COUNTERPART, A.C.M. SIDDHI.
CAMBODIA
4.
ON CAMBODIA ITSELF THE INDONESIANS IDENTIFY THE PAVN PRESENCE
THERE AND THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE CGDK IN ITS PRESENT FORM AND ITS BASES ACROSS THE CAMBODIAN BORDER INSIDE THAILAND AS
THE INITIAL PROBLEMS FOR RESOLUTION.
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5. PRASETYO SAID THAT THACH AND MOCHTAR HAD BEEN BASICALLY
AGREED ON THE MAJOR ISSUES BUT THEIR IDEAS NOW NEEDED APPROVAL
BY THE INDOCHINESE COUNTRIES AND ASEAN RESPECTIVELY.
6.
PRASETYO REFERRED TO THE ASIA WEEK INTERVIEW OF 26 JULY (FOLLOWS INTERVIEW OF 26 JULY (FOLLOWS
BY BAG) WITH MOCHTAR WHICH HE SAID BROADLY COVERED MOCHTAR'S VIEWS AND EXPANDED ON THESE, IN RELATION TO MOCHTAR'S TALKS
WITH THACH.
| A.
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK: MOCHTAR WANTS A BALANCE AND BELIEVES
THE USA MUST BE EQUALLY INVOLVED WITH USSR AND CHINA IN
THE COMBODIAN ISSUE
| B. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: NOCHTAR WANTS THE ELIMINATION OF ALL
FOREIGN BASES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA ( AN EXTENSION OF ZOPFAN
COMMENTED PRASETYO).
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