BANGKOK ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 S E C R E T TAGS: PREL, CB, TH SUBJECT: WANGKOK~ASEAN~FOREIGN~ MINISTERS!..MEETING"Z REF: FBIS BK111602ZFEB 1. (S - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. THE BANGKOK COMMUNIQUE OF THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ES =iIGHERZPE>$LI?C7LI-NI- TOWARDXV%IETNA AND FOR THE FIRST TIME PO SOLI C?ITSf'ITAtt ! *M- TANCE FROM -THIRD -~COUNTR-IES"FOR ' KHMER "REST'STANC?. FM SITTHI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR 1[gM8A tY- TO MAKE-,'i' : POINT :-THAT:? IiF ^VTETNAi4:!! OX"rgdlrl 'WORK! 0R;'A7POM- ICAE SOL`UTION`"TO THE"`CAMBODIAN""O Sffi5k IT " ASEANS`WOULD- MAKE - IT AS'xDIFFICIZT"'AS POSSIBtt-FOR` HAN?I . HE SAID THE APPEAL FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE WAS ALSO DIRECTED TO THE U.S. SITTHI SAW THE COMMUNIQUE AS STRONG PUBLIC BACKING BY ASEAN FOR THAILAND. END SUMMARY. 3. ADDRESSEES WILL HAVE NOTED THE STRONG LANGUAGE IN REF COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS FOL- LOWING THEIR BANGKOK MEETING. WHILE THERE IS LITTLE THAT IS NEW IN THE COMMUNIQUE, ITS LANGUAGE, INCLUDING CONDEMNATION, "BLATANT VIOLATION OF THAILAND'S SOVEREIGNTY," "ILLEGAL AND HOSTILE" ACTIONS BY VIETNAM, ETC., HAS ATTRACTED ATTENTION, AS HAS **RST T>IME F.OR THE INTERNA,TIONKL CO k- REA'S UP1-URt 'AND :ASSIST,ANCE =NOT 'ONI;Y FOR TH OAMB t0LITFCA0A'BATTLE7ZBUT"'FOR zTHR RESk.STANEE? MMftq9ARft #STRUGG_'L@ MW . THIS LATTER POINT WAS UNDERLINED IN A QUESTION TO FM SITTHI SAWETSILA IN THE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE MINISTERS' MEETING. ASKED IF THE MINISTERS WERE SOLICITING DIRECT MILITARY rID FOR THE RESISTANCE, SITTHI REPLIED THAT THEY WERE. "IT (THE APPEAL) INCLUDES EVERYONE THAT IS WILLING.. .TO HELP." MAKING AN ANOLOGY TO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO AFGHANS, SITTHI SAID: "WE CALL THEM RESISTANCE FIGHTERS IN KAMPUCHEA. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR INDE- PENDENCE. THEY CANNOT FIGHT WITH THEIR BARE HANDS, YOU SEE. AS LONG AS THE SOVIET UNION KEEPS SENDING TANKS, ARTILLERY AND ALL SORTS OF WEAPONS, WHY DO YOU EXPECT THESE KAMPUCHEANS TO SURVIVE IF THEY HAVE NOTHING? SO MY ANSWER IS YES, DEPEND ON THE NATIONS THAT ARE WILLING TO HE1'P . " 4. IN A CONVERSATION FEB. 13 WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SITTHI SAID THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE ASEAN MEETING WAS TO BACK UP THAILAND. HE SAID ?~B[ T l'HEY R DE'IT~ lPOLml?T~IeI1'D,S?LAUT4ON&TOc HEzCAMBODIAN PR@B) ~ 1t~SEAI ' WiFL CIVET THEM S' 'MAft*PR?BLENW SK-P0SS1B SITTHI NOTED THAT Ei(+1(j'E'1A fi~'SIA]JSI r Ee~i 1)N'!TmTRY'"T0 'HIDEkOURIaOR O 'HERS4'=' M3=L~i-ARYWASSIISTANCE ~I~CrA'MBODI`AN~RES~ISTA'1~E?~~rTHER~'NOTH31~`S4:r,I~`L`t*~G'RL~A'Nbl '141iR?TADDEDTtfA4T~AI:L:THEMRINISTER$'I D ~~APFROVED CHI=S,I "INE` `AND 'FIE"'BELTEVED-'THEY`~WOtUL,D' ALL' CONTR-IB1yTR, -TO.w VuPP41rr-f-6 "THE`RESISTANCE POLuIT?r,cA'LLY ':OR MIL1lTARILY-Ri7* S E C R E T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87S00734R000100110010-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 JE CRET 5. SITTHI ALSO SAID THAT THE COMMUNIQUE WAS ALSO MEANT TO SENI) A "STRONG-SIGNAL" TO THE U.S. TO PROVIDE MILITARY SUPPORT TO THE RESISTANCE.'RHE ADDED THAT IT WAS OF COURSE UP TO THE U.S. HOW TO RESPOND AND HE EXPECTED ANY RESPONSE WOULD COME THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION IN WHICH THIS SUBJECT IS USUALLY DISCUSSED. 6. ASKED ABOUT THE MEETING OF THE ASEAN FONMINSWITH COALITION LEADERS, SITTHI SAID THE CHIEF MESSAGE WAS TO SIHANOUK AND SON SANN TO COOPERATE, AND COMBINE THE NON- LIMDIS USCINCPAC ALSO FOR POLAD E . O . 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS: PREL, CB, TH SUBJECT: BANGKOK ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING COMMUNIST EFFORTS BY WORKING THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEES. SITTHI SAID THE TWO LEADERS SHOULD STOP ACTING AS FACTION LEADERS AND BEGIN ACTING AS PART OF THE CGDK. IN THIS RESPECT, NEM*SAND?' SON"`SAINN WAS"'TOLD? HE HAD TO MAKE SOME "CONCRETE" DEMONSTRATIONS OF CO- OPERATION RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO MERELY SUPPORT IT?q. RHETORICALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, HE SHOULD ACCOMPANY SIHANOUK ION THE LATTER'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALANDu (SEPTEL REPORTS THAT THIS VISIT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN RE- SCHEDULED WITH SON SANN'S PARTICIPATION.) DEAN S E C R E T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 S E C R E T MSGNO 27 (STXX) *02/13/85* *10:13:59.0.3* ZCZC 15:12:16Z (ST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 6452931 SSO NC 6452931 TOR: 131415Z FEB 85 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 00 RUEAIIB ZNY SSSSS ZOC STATE ZZH VSK559 00 RUEHC DE RUMTBK #8430/01 0441207 ZNY SSSSS ZZH 0 131205Z FEB 85 FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2145 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 9702 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 1413 RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 6384 RUEHKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 7333 RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 2426 P'TEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 3291 RJFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0910 RUMJRV/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 7767 RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 2669 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0289 RUMJFS/AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE 8491 RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 7012 RUMJIA/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 9772 RUMJNG/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 2723 RUMJUD/AMCONSUL UDORN 8196 ZEN/AMCONSUL SONGKHLA RUEHDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 7666 RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC BT EZ1: S E C R E T BANGKOK 08430 LIMDIS EZ2: USCINCPAC ALSO FOR POLAD E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR S E C R E T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 SECRET J1,0;~) i_/ E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS: PREL, SN, CB, ASEAN, US, TC, QA SUBJECT: S;KINGAP,QRE ,S.FOREIGN :MINISTER CALLS. FOR ft- ARMS AID -TO _THE. CAMBQDIAN RESISTANCE,. REF: (A) SINGAPORE 1795 (NOTAL); (B) BANGKOK 9060 (NOTAL) 1. (U) IN AN AIRPORT STATEMENT ON HIS RETURN FROM A TRIP TO QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FEBRUARY 18, SINGAPORE'S FOREIGN MINISTER S. I D? ORTERS THERE RARE GROUNDS FOR ABC NGE"'I HE UN TED STATESY,PQLICY ItOF.SNOT. PROVIDING2MICITARY ASSISTANCE uTOeTHE, .>' 6}~, ETON COMMUNIST CAMBODIAN .RESISTANC EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE US SUPPORTS FREEDOM-FIGHTERS IN }~ } AFGHANISTAN AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, 61 HE SAID, AND ADDED THAT CAMBODIA IS AS GOOD A CAUSE TO SUPPORT AS ANY. THE PRINCIPLES ARE THE SAME: NATIONAL TERRITORY HAS BEEN VIOLATED ~~. AND OCCUPIED BY FOREIGN FORCES AND NATIONALS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE. DHANABALAN SAID THAT THE CAMBODIANS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, BUT THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHETHER OR WHEN US POLICY MIGHT CHANGE. 2. (U) DHANABALAN ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE SITUATION IN ANZUS RESULTING FROM THE NEW ZEALAND BAN ON US NAVAL VISITS. f RTERST-HAT-STHE4WMI'SUNDERSTA:NDING AMONG ff1`NZUS iMEMBERS SHOULD BE STUD E I DET~A 3. (U) DHANABALAN SAID THAT QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SUPPORT ASEAN'S.POSITION ON CAMBODIA, BUT NOTED THAT HE DID NOT RAISE THE QUESTION OF MILITARY AID TO THE RESISTANCE IN HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH GULF STATES' OFFICIALS. HE TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE GULF STATES WOULD GIVE POLITICAL SUPPORT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO CAMBODIA WHEN NEEDED. HE SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL AND ASEAN, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COORDINATION OF STRATEGIES IN INTERNATIONAL FORA. OTHER ASPECTS OF HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE AND QATAR LEADERS REPORTEDLY DEALT WITH SALES FROM THE GULF OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS AND "NITROGEN PRODUCTS." 4. (S) COMMENT: ~~ Et~tONS'I~'I'E3~Fl~~W~ L --tI~1J44.lPRZ+~iA'TRI.~Y~FjRONINSI+NO'ps - _I1NREASING Y 9RA~lN~+~ Nei-SA WAN i~71+L~LtiTA~RY~ASS+ t . - --- - - -_WESTARM MEET:[NG IN BANGKOK, WHICH AT THE SAME TIME, DHANABALAN'S REMARKS ARE IN LINE WITH THE THRUST OF THE JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED FOLLOWING THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87S00734R000100110010-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 6 E G R E T PAGE 0070 NEATIONAL COMMUNITY .TO INCREASE SUPPORT ,.ASSISTANCE TO THE KAMPUCHEAN -PEOPLE IN .1 IR POLITICAL AND MILITARY STRUGGLE... AS NOTED IN REF B, THIS APPEAL WAS PRIMARILY AIMED AT THE US. ROY Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2 S E C R E T PAGE 0068 MSGNO 16 (STXX) *02/19/85* *10:13:42.3.2* ZCZC 15:11:42Z (ST) 85 6499187 NC 6499187 TOR: 191444Z FEB 85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RR RUEAIIB ZNY SSSSS ZOC STATE ZZH STU3357 RR RUEHC DE RUEHGP #1965 0500953 ZNY SSSSS ZZH R 190953Z FEB 85 FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2073 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 1675 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 3030 RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 7071 RUEHKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 7234 RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 3311 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0699 RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY-PARIS 1424 RUMJRV/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 3147 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 6475 RUMJFS/AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE 1005 RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 1802 RUEHDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1433 RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA 0029 RUQMBI/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI 0044 ZEN/AMEMBASSY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (POUCH) BT EZ 1: S E C R E T SINGAPORE 01965 LIMDIS EZ2: USCINCPAC ALSO FOR POLAD Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/06: CIA-RDP87SO0734R000100110010-2