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INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE MANILA, JAKARTA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN INFO ROUTINE SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, HANOI
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: ASEAN ATTITUDES
SUMMARY
1.
ASEAN SEEM INTENT ON MOVING TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL CON-
FERENCE EARLY NEXT YEAR. DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN ASEAN AND ICG COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES TO BE HELD HERE 16/17 SEPTEMBER, FOLLOWED BY WORKING GROUP MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR IN OCTOBER, AND PREPARATORY CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER (ALSO IN KL).
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2.
BEAN CALLED ON KOBSAK CHUTIKUL INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR SOCIAL DIVISION, MFA) ON 8 SEPTEMBER
TO DISCUSS LATEST THAI THINKING ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. INITIAL
DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON MALAYSIAN DELEGATION'S VISIT TO HANOI LAST MONTH. KOBS AK CONFIRMED THAT THAIS HAD RECEIVED IDENTICAL BRIEF-
ING FROM MALAYSIANS TO THAT RECORDED IN KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 466.
THAIS ALSO CONSIDER THAT EARLY EUPHORIA EXPERIENCED BY MALAYSIANS
IS WEARING OFF, BUT GIVEN GHAFAR BABA'S NEED TO PORTRAY HIS VISIT AS A SUCCESS, DOUBT THAT THE MALAYSIANS WILL CONCEDE THAT THEY ACHIEVED LESS THAN THEY AT FIRST THOUGHT.
2.
KOBS AK PASSED IN CONFIDENCE A COPY OF AN AIDE-MEMOIRE MALAYSIANS DELIVERED TO VIETNAMESE ON BEHALF OF ASEAN (COPY FOLLOWS BY BAG). THAIS HAVE NO PLANS TO VISIT HANOI: THEY ARE CONTENT
TO DISCUSS ISSUES WITH THACH DURING HIS REGULAR VISITS HERE.
KOBSAK CONFIRMED THACH REITERATED, IN HIS VISIT HERE LAST MONTH, WHAT HE HAD TOLD MALAYSIANS IN HANOI.
3.
KOB SAK DREW ATTENTION TO ASEAN WORKING GROUP MEETING TO BE
HELD HERE ON 16/17 SEPTEMBER. ASEAN HAD SUGGESTED TO UNHCR THAT
WORKING GROUP COULD USEFULLY DISCUSS
VIETNAMESE REFUGEE ISSUE WITH ICG MEMBER COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES
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