BRIEFS AND COMMENTS SOUTHEAST ASIA: ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R001400050006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 17, 1979
• Content Type: BRIEF

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SOUTHEAST ASIA: ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting
The communique issued bg Foreign Ministers of the Associa-
tion of Southeast Asian Nations c:fter their meeting Friday in Kuala
Lumpur attempted to convince r:,e;nam that ASEAN is united in oppos-
ing its actions in Kampuchea ~,i%e agreeing to open a dialogue with
the Vietnamese to seek a solo; on. 0
Malaysian Foreign Minister Rithauddeen was delegated
to visit Hanoi to discuss resolution of the Kampuchean
situation, which the Foreign Ministers noted jeopardizes
the stability of the entire region. The ministers sup-
ported Thailand's request for a UN team to visit the
Thai-Kampuchean border and called for implementation of
the UN resolution to convene an international conference
on Kampuchea. The communique acknowledged that the ASEAN
states have always had reservations about Kampuchean
leader Pol Pot's regime, but said that withdrawing recog-
nition of his government would be tantamount to approving
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