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CALL BY LORD GLENARTHUR ON DATO' ABU HASSAN, THE MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: 14 NOVEMBER 1988
1. Lord Glenarthur opened the meeting by describing his recent visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Dato' Abu Hassan said that India had done well in helping the Maldives during the recent coup attempt. When news of the coup had reached Malaysia, the Prime Minister had given his personal attention to the issue, with the intention of sending assistance. When they heard that India had sent troops, the Malaysians had contacted the Indians to offer help; but the Indians had everything under control.
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Lord Glenarthur congratulated Abu Hassan on Malaysia's recent election to the Security Council. Abu Hassan thanked him for the support the UK had given Malaysia. It would be busy time for Malaysia, especially in the first month when they would be in the chair on the Security Council. The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister would probably address the Security Council sometime next year.
3. Abu Hassan spoke about some of the arrangements already made for CHOGM, including the setting up of a permanent secretariat and improvements of the facilities in Langkawi. He was pleased that the dates were now fixed as 18-25 November. Lord Glenarthur thanked him for the flexibility Malaysia had shown. Abu Hassan said that it would be difficult to shorten the retreat from 2 nights: it was important that the Heads of Government had the opportunity to relax and get to know each other in informal surroundings.
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In response to Lord Glenarthur's question, Abu Hassan said that ASEAN was progressing well; the recent meeting of Heads of Governments had been a success despite the continuing uncertainty in the Philippines. A lot of ground had been covered in political, infrastructure, and economic matters.
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Lord Glenarthur asked about Cambodia and the Malaysian reading of the recent meeting in Paris. Abu Hassan was not well-sighted. The value of the meeting had been reduced by the absence of the Khmer Rouge. The Malaysians believed the talks were supportive of the ASEAN JIM process. Some things were going well: the vote in the UNCA was better than last year (with China supporting despite a veiled criticism of thehmer Rouge); relations between China and Russia were improving. He hoped that the UK would continue to give its support to efforts to achieve a peace settlement.
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Lord Glenarthur pointed out that the UK was not a key player on Cambodia. Our direct interest concerned Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. This problem was linked to the Cambodia issue: the boat people were leaving Vietnam because conditions there, exacerbated
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