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INFO ROUTINE JAKARTA, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDLIAN 3768
INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG AND CHINA:
VIEWS ON APEC
1. AT A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY FOR MR ALATAS ON 4 JULY 90, THE SUBJECT OF APEC WAS BRIEFLY RAISED. ACCORDING TO ALATAS, THE CHINESE HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY SEE NO PROBLEM WITH HONG KONG JOINING THE APEC. THE CHINESE ALSO WISH TO BECOME A MEMBER AND WOULD LIKE TO DO SO AT THE SAME TIME WITH HONG KONG. HOWEVER, THE CHINESE HAVE 'MORE DIFFICULTY' WITH MEMBERSHIP FOR TAIWAN.
2. ALATAS SAID THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE RAISED AT THE MINISTERIAL
MEETING IN SINGAPORE LATER THIS MONTH. HE WAS REASSURED OF HONG
KONG'S INTEREST IN JOINING AND WAS ASKED TO SUPPORT OUR CASE. HIS
REACTION WAS ENCOURAGING BUT NON-COMMITTAL.
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