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TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 65
OF 091815Z FEBRUARY 90
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INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, MANILA, UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, JAKARTA INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO INFO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REGIONAL APPROACH
1 IN THE MARGINS OF THE EC/ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN KUCHING, MR MAUDE HAS IT MIND TO DISCUSS WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF MALAYSIA AND THAILAND THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE SC3(2) CONSENSUS ON A REGIONAL BASIS. HE WILL ALSO WISH TO TALK TO SECRETARY MANGLAPUS ABOUT THE PRPC. WHETHER AND HOW WE PURSUE THE REGIONAL APPROACH WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON MR MAUDE'S MEETING WITH THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, MR STOLTENBERG, IN GENEVA ON 12 FEBRUARY AND ON WHETHER THE VIETNAMESE WILL BE PREPARED TO PLAY BALL. MR MAUDE WILL BE EXPLORING THE LATTER IN HANOI ON 18-21 FEBRUARY.
2 OUR INITIAL THINKING IS THAT THERE WOULD BE LITTLE TO BE GAINED FROM TALKING TO ALATAS ON THIS SUBJECT. FOR THEIR OWN REASONS, THE INDONESIANS HAVE ADOPTED AN INVISIBLE PROFILE IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE. THE IMPRESSION IS THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM IN WHICH THEY ARE PREPARED TO BECOME ACTIVELY ENGAGED DIPLOMATICALLY. GRATEFUL FOR JAKARTA'S COMMENTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SIMILARLY, BOTH SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI HAVE DELIBERATELY AVOIDED FIRST ASYLUM STATUS AND, WE ASSUME, WOULD NOT WELCOME AN APPROACH.
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