BANGKOK ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING

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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[
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lPOLml?T~IeI1'D,S?LAUT4ON&TOc HEzCAMBODIAN PR@B)
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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*
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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-
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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
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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:
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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'
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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
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