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TELNO 443
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INFO ROUTINE ODA, CANBERRA, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, OSLO, THE HAGUE INFO ROUTINE PARIS, ASEAN POSTS, BRASILIA, MODUK, HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE ACTOR
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YOUR TELNOS 212 AND 213 TO CANBERRA: PIRACY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
SUMMARY
1. GERMANY WARMLY WELCOMES IDEA OF AN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO) INITIATIVE.
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2. WE TOOK ACTION ON 24 JUNE WITH THE ASSISTANT HEAD OF THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN SECURITY AND POLICE MATTERS, WHICH IS THE LEAD DEPARTMENT HERE. GAERTE SAID THE GERMANS WERE ALERT TO THE GROWING PROBLEM OF PIRACY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. THEY TOO HAD FACED QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT AND COMPLAINTS FROM THE FEDERATION OF GERMAN SHIPOWNERS. GAERTE WAS AWARE OF AT LEAST FOUR ATTACKS ON GERMAN SHIPS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA SINCE NOVEMBER 1991. THESE CASES HAD ALL BEEN REPORTED TO THE IMO.
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GAERTE SAID GERMANY HAD WELCOMED THE SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF THIS SUBJECT AT THE IMO MEETING IN LONDON IN MAY. THE IMO SHOULD NOW PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE. THE GERMANS HAD LONG BEEN THINKING ABOUT POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL MEANS OF TACKLING THE PROBLEM. HAD INTRODUCED AN INITIATIVE ON PIRACY INTO THE RELEVANT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE OECD IN PARIS IN DECEMBER 1991. GAERTE COMMENTED THAT THE UK HAD BEEN THE ONLY DELEGATION TO SUPPORT THIS GERMAN INITIATIVE AND THAT LITTLE PROGRESS HAD BEEN
MADE SINCE.
4. GAERTE SAID THE GERMANS HAD MADE BILATERAL DEMARCHES IN MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, SINGAPORE AND THE PHILIPPINES, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR CONCERN AND URGING THOSE GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE ACTION. THE GOVERNMENTS HAD REPLIED WITH DETAILS OF HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO APPREHEND THE PIRATES. GERMANY FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT THIS PROBLEM
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