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FM BANGKOK

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 638

OF 190832Z SEPTEMBER 88

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AND TO IMMEDIATE HANOI, HONG KONG

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AND TO PRIORITY JAKARTA, MANILA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, SINGAPORE AND TO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, UKMIS GENEVA AND TO ROUTINE OTTAWA, TOKYO, UKMIS NEW YORK

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YOUR TELNO 428: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ASEAN WORKING GROUP

MEETING: 16 SEPTEMBER

SUMMARY

1.

GOOD MEETING WITH ASEAN WHO ARE WILLING TO BE FLEXIBLE TO

ACHIEVE THEIR OBJECTIVE OF HOLDING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

IN SPRING 1989. COMPROMISE ACHIEVED OVER TIMING OF MEETINGS.

DISCUSSION ON THE TIMING OF INCLUSION OF VIETNAMESE IN THE TALKS.

NEW TIMETABLE HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR BILATERAL TALKS WITH THE

VIETNAMESE. ASEAN PRESENTED TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FOR UNHCR EXCOM

AND UNGA AND SOUGHT ICG SUPPORT.

DETAIL

2.

IN RESPONSE TO A COMMON ICG POSITION THAT THERE SHOULD BE THOROUGH PREPARATION BEFORE A PREPARATORY CONFERENCE (PRECON)

ASEAN PRODUCED A REVISED TIMETABLE WHICH SATISFIED THE US REQUEST FOR TWO WORKING MEETINGS BEFORE THE PREPCON. TIMETABLE, WHICH WAS ACCEPTABLE TO UNHCR, IS AS FOLLOWS:

TIMETABLE.

26 OCTOBER 1988

ASEAN WORKING GROUP.

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BANGKOK

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BANGKOK UNHCR WORKING PARTY (ASEAN, HONG KONG RESETTLEMENT AND DONOR COUNTRIES).

27-28 OCTOBER 1988

END OF NOVEMBER-EARLY DECEMBER 1988 KUALA LUMPUR

ASEAN WORKING GROUP -UNHCR WORKING PARTY

(TO INCLUDE VIETNAM AND LAOS).

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KUALA LUMPUR PREPARATORY

2ND OR 3RD WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1989

CONFERENCE AT SENIOR OFFICIALS LEVEL.

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