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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 188
OF 24050OZ MAY 88
INFO IMMEDIATE
UKMIS NEWYORK, UKREP BRUSSELS, BANGKOK, HONG KONG
1. MY COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES AND I WERE CALLED IN
TO THE MFA THIS MORNING TO BE INFORMED BY
MR PHUONG, HEAD OF EUROPE II THAT THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR NGUYEN CO THACH WOULD BE IN NEW YORK FOR THE UN SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT FROM 1 TO 9 OR 10 JUNE AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH COMMUNITY
FOREIGN MINISTERS FOR EXCHANGES OF VIEW ON A WIDE
RANGE OF ISSUES''.
2. DURING DISCUSSION AS WE LEFT, IT SEEMED
CLEAR THAT MY COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE RECOMMENDING
THAT THEIR MINISTERS SHOULD MEET THACH. I WOULD CERTAINLY
RECOMMEND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD
SEE THACH. THAT LATTER HAS BEEN MADE FULLY AWARE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON ISSUES SUCH AS CAMBODIA, AFGHANISTAN AND REFUGEES BUT WOULD NEVERTHELESS BENEFIT FROM A MINISTERIAL EXPOSITION OF OUR VIEWS ON THESE AND WIDER ISSUES. I THINK IT MIGHT BE THAT PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN THE HONG KONG CONTEXT FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE RAISED THE QUESTION OF
REFUGEES AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL.
3. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THIS POSSIBILITY COULD BE CONSIDERED URGENTLY AND POSITIVELY. I ASSUME THAT EVEN THE MOST HARD-LINE MEMBERS OF ASEAN WUOULD NOT OBJECT TO SUCH A
CONTACT: THEY HAVE THEMSELVES RECENTLY RECEIVED A DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER.
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS UKMIS NEW YORK, UKREP BRUSSELS, BANGKOK AND HONG KONG
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