TNAG-1796-FCO40-2556-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 219

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INDO CHINA

CONSULTATIONS

TO FILE 1634/77/2/3 FROM FILE 901/9

FOR DILGEA AND DFAT

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INDONESIA IS RELYING ON ASEAN APPROACHES TO VIETNAM IN SUPPORT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. COL. SAID OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES OFFICE STRONGLY BELIEVES THE VIETNAMESE AT GALANG SHOULD BE REPATRIATED INVOLUNTARILY. HE REGARDS THE THAI/LAO ARRANGEMENT FOR THE REPATRIATION OF LAO REFUGEES AS ONE THAT SHOULD BE EMULATED.

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TO OBTAIN AN INDONESIAN PERSPECTIVE OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM WE CALLED ON MRS SUPARTINI KUNTJOROJAKTI, HEAD, SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANITARIAN SECTION, DFA, AND COL SAID, P3V (OFFICE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES) ON 18 AND 19 AUGUST.

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