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3. MRS ADAM-SCHWAETZER, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FEDERAL FOREIGN OFFICE, WANTED TO DELETE ''ALONE'' IN THE FINAL LINE. HOWEVER, AFTER MR MAUDE HAD SPOKEN TO HER, SHE RELUCTANTLY AGREED AND THE TEXT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.
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4. THE FACT THAT 6 ASEAN AND 12 EC COUNTRIES HAVE JOINTLY AND UNANIMOUSLY CALLED ON THE PARTIES DIRECTLY CONCERNED (IE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM TO RALLY TO THE SC3 (2) CONSENSUS USEFULLY ADDS TO THE PRESSURE. MR MAUDE WILL QUOTE THE TEXT WITH THE VIETNAMESE DURING HIS VISIT. GRATEFUL IF WASHINGTON COULD SIMILARLY DRAW THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO IT.
5. AT THE SUBSEQUENT PRESS CONFERENCE THE MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WAS ASKED DIRECTLY WHETHER THE TEXT MEANT THAT ALL
18 COUNTRIES NOW ACCEPTED MANDATORY REPATRIATION. IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, DATO ABU HASSAN CONFIRMED THAT IT DID.
6. MIFT (NOT TO EC POSTS) RECORDS MR MAUDE'S BILATERALS WITH THE THAI, MALAYSIAN AND FILIPINO FOREIGN MINISTERS.
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