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YOUR TELNO 675 TO TOKYO: HONG KONG/CHINA
SUMMARY
THEY ARE WATCHING THE
1. INDONESIANS GRATEFUL FOR BRIEFING. SIUTATION WITH INTEREST, AND ARE NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S TACTICS ARE CORRECT.
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2. I TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK INFORMALLY ON 23 DECEMBER TO WIRYONO, POLITICAL DIRECTOR, AND CALLED ON 24 DECEMBER ON KUSNADI, DIRECTOR, ASIA-PACIFIC, DFA. I LEFT WITH KUSNADI A PIECE OF PAPER BASED ON YOUR TELNO 273 TO SINGAPORE, SUPPLEMENTED BY TUR.
3. NEITHER WIRYONO NOR KUSNADI HAD PARTICULARLY MARKED LEE KUAN YEW'S COMMENTS IN HONG KONG (THEY HAD FOCUSSED MORE CLOSELY ON HIS RECENT SPEECHES IN MANILA AND TOKYO). THEY WERE NEVERTHELESS GRATEFUL FOR OUR BRIEFING. THE INDONESIANS CONTINUE TO WATCH HONG KONG AND CHINA CLOSELY, PARTICULARLY EFFORTS AT DEMOCRATISATION. TO CALM INDONESIAN SENSITIVITIES, I STRESSED THAT WE WERE, OF COURSE, NOT/NOT SEEKING TO PICK A FIGHT WITH LEE, A RESPECTED ELDER STATESMAN, BUT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON AN ISSUE HE HAD RAISED. THE INDONESIANS APPPEARED CONVINCED.
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WIRYONO ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT PERSONALLY HE WAS NOT SURE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S TACTICS WERE RIGHT. PERHAPS HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED A LITTLE LONGER, AND DONE THINGS IN A MORE ASIAN WAY. I COUNTERED THIS IN STANDARD TERMS, AND WENT OVER THE GROUND IN DETAIL WITH KUSNADI.
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