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INFO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGA W
JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR
INFO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, MANILA, WASHINGTON, PEKING INFO PRIORITY RANGOON, PORT MORESBY, TOKYO, HANOI
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OUR TELNO 448: TWENTY-FIRST ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING BANGKOK
UNDERSTAND FROM COMCEN HANSLOPE THAT THE MESSAGE MAY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY ADDRESSEES WITH PARAS 2 TO 4 GARBLDED. THE FOLLOWING IS A REPEAT OF THESE PARAS.
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2. THE TWENTY-FIRST AMM, WHICH CONCLUDED YESTERDAY, WAS ATTENDED BY ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS AND OPENED BY THE THAI PRIME MINISTER. THE MEETING ISSUED FOUR DOCUMENTS: A JOINT COMMUNIQUE, JOINT STATEMENTS ON THE JAKARTA INFORMAL MEETING AND ON INDO- CHINESE REFUGEES, AND A DECLARATION ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN. THE WIDE-RANGING JOINT COMMUNIQUE (COPIES BY BAG
TO SEAD, ASEAN POSTS AND HANOI) COVERED CAMBODIA, THE JIM, INDOCHINESE REFUGEES, ZOPFAN AND SEANW FZ, AID FOR THE PHILIPPINES, DRUGS, INTRA-ASEAN COOPERATION, COOPERATION WITH DIALOGUE PARTNERS, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES AND SOME INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL
ISSUES.
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THE TWIN FOCUS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST AMM WAS CAMBODIA AND THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE SITUATION. WE ARE REPORTING SEPARATELY ON THESE ISSUES. COMING ONLY SIX MONTHS AFTER THE MANILA ASEAN SUM MIT, THIS MEETING LEFT THE MINISTERS LITTLE ELSE OF SUBSTANCE TO DISCUSS (THE POST-MEETING PRESS CONFERENCE ATTRACTED REMARKABLY LITTLE PRESS ATTENTION HERE). OTHER ISSUES OF INTEREST ARE REPORTED BELOW.
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE PHILIPPINES
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IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT, PHILIPPINES FM MANGLAPUS EMPHASISED THE NECESSITY FOR THE PHILIPPINES TO GENERATE NEW FUNDS TO MEET ITS DEBT-SERVICING OBLIGATIONS AND EXPRESSED SPECIAL THANKS TO SINGAPORE FM DHANABALAN FOR HIS EFFORTS TO MOBILISE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE EFFORTS
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