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TELNO 276
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OF 12074OZ JUNE 92
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HKC 175/1
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INFO PRIORITY ASEAN POSTS, HONG KONG, MODUK, ODA, ACTOR
INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, BONN, THE HAGUE, PARIS INFO ROUTINE OSLO
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YOUR TELNO 157 (NOT TO OSLO): PIRACY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
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SINCE MY TELNO 265 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO TAKE SOUNDINGS. OF OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS HERE ONLY THE GERMANS SEEM TO HAVE REGISTERED ANY CONCERN ABOUT PIRACY. BUT THEY HAVE NO SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE ACTION HERE. WE SHALL BE TALKING TO OTHERS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. THE NORWEGIANS AND THE JAPANESE ARE MOST LIKELY TO PROVE PRODUCTIVE.
2. I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO TALK TO THE MFA NOW MORE FORMALLY ABOUT PIRACY. THE OBVIOUS PERSON TO SEE IS THE SECRETARY GENERAL, TAN SRI AHMAD KAMIL BIN JAAFAR. BUT HE IS AT PRESENT HOWEVER IN MECCA FOR THE HAJ. HE TRAVELS FROM THENCE TO LONDON ON 18 JUNE FOR THE
OFFICIALS MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH HIGH LEVEL APPRAISAL GROUP
AND RETURNS HERE ONLY ON 1 JULY. UNLESS YOU SEE A NEED FOR GREATER URGENCY, I PROPOSE TO SEE HIM WHEN HE RETURNS. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER TALKING TO HIM IN LONDON ABOUT THIS MATTER. THE PUS MIGHT LIKE TO OFFER HIM LUNCH OR, IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, AT LEAST A CALL. THIS WOULD HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF MAKING OUR APPROACH
SEEM MORE NATURAL. KAMIL'S OFFICE HERE DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS STAYING IN LONDON. HE CAN BE CONTACTED THROUGH THE MALAYSIAN HIGH COMMISSION.
3. YOUR TELNO 158 (NOT TO ALL). THE MALAYSIANS CONSISTENTLY REFUSE TO ATTEND OECD SPONSORED MEETINGS AT OFFICIAL LEVEL. THEY BELIEVE ANY ASSOCIATION WITH THE OECD RISKS ENDANGERING THEIR
TARIFF PRIVILEGES. THIS IS SOMETHING ON WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF IS PARTICULARLY FIRM. THERE ARE NO SIGNS THAT THIS ATTITUDE IS LIKELY TO CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IF WE HAD A MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL OECD MEETING THAN THAT CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR WE SHOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE INFORMAL SOUNDINGS · HERE (THOUGH ANYTHING MORE FORMAL SHOULD SURELY COME FROM THE OECD SECRETARIAT ITSELF). BUT I FEAR THE MALAYSIAN RESPONSE WOULD NOT
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