ASEAN Cambodia Policy Supported

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Subject: ASEAN Cambodia Policy Supported

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DATE=7/26/94
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-162581
TITLE=ASEAN/CAMBODIA-BURMA (L)
BYLINE=DAN ROBINSON
DATELINE=BANGKOK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  CAMBODIA'S GOVERNMENT RECEIVED FIRM EXPRESSIONS OF 
SUPPORT TUESDAY FROM THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER KEY ALLIES OF 
THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN).  V-O-A'S DAN 
ROBINSON REPORTS ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERS ALSO URGED THE MILITARY 
GOVERNMENT IN RANGOON TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TOWARD RESTORING 
DEMOCRACY AND RELEASING POLITICAL PRISONERS -- INCLUDING AUNG SAN
SUU KYI, WHO HAS BEEN UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR MORE THAN FIVE 
YEARS:  

TEXT:  DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE STROBE TALBOTT SPOKE FOR THE 
UNITED STATES TUESDAY IN BANGKOK AT THE ANNUAL MEETING BETWEEN 
THE SIX SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES IN ASEAN AND THEIR SEVEN 
DIALOGUE PARTNERS.   DESPITE GREAT STRIDES, MR. TALBOTT SAID 
CAMBODIA NEEDS CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO PREVENT IT FROM
SLIDING BACK TO WAR:   

                   // TALBOTT ACTUALITY //   

         ALL OF OUR NATIONS MUST STAY ENGAGED IN CAMBODIA.  
         THROUGH THE  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE 
         RECONSTRUCTION OF CAMBODIA, BY  SUPPORTING THE 
         DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND BY CUTTING OFF ALL
         TIES WITH THE KHMER ROUGE. 

                     // END ACTUALITY //   

AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND CANADA MADE SIMILAR STATEMENTS.  AUSTRALIAN 
FOREIGN MINISTER GARETH EVANS SAYS CONFLICT IN CAMBODIA PRESENTS 
WHAT HE CALLS WORRYING IMPLICATIONS:   

                    // EVANS ACTUALITY //   

         ALL OF US HERE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING WHAT ACTION IS 
         NECESSARY -- JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY -- TO ENSURE THAT 
         THE PAST TRAGEDIES OF THAT UNHAPPY COUNTRY, CAMBODIA, 
         ARE NOT REPEATED.   

                      // END ACTUALITY//   

THIS WEEK'S ASEAN MEETINGS -- INCLUDING A NEW 17-NATION 
ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY FORUM -- ALSO FEATURED DISCUSSION OF THE 
HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN BURMA.   DEPUTY SECRETARY
TALBOTT SAYS THE UNITED STATES SHARES THE HOPES OF THE BURMESE 
PEOPLE FOR RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RELEASE OF DISSIDENT 
AUNG SAN SUU KYI.  

LINKING ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND REGIONAL STABILITY WITH POLITICAL 
FREEDOM, MR. TALBOTT SAID THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO 
SPEAK OUT ON HUMAN-RIGHTS -- DESPITE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EAST AND
WEST:   

                   // TALBOTT ACTUALITY //   

         JUST AS THE UNITED STATES PROMOTES ECONOMIC OPENNESS, SO
         TOO WE WILL  CONTINUE TO PROMOTE POLITICAL OPENNESS.  I 
         TRUST WE WILL DO SO  WITHOUT ARROGANCE BUT ALSO I ASSURE
         YOU WE WILL DO SO WITHOUT APOLOGY.   WHICH IS TO SAY WE 
         WILL DO SO WITH RESPECT FOR EVERY NATION'S SOVEREIGNTY 
         AND UNIQUENESS, WHILE MAINTAINING A FIRM COMMITMENT TO 
         UNIVERSAL VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS.   

                     // END ACTUALITY //   

IN HIS REMARKS, CANADA'S FOREIGN MINISTER (ANDRE OUELLET) SAID 
THERE ARE SIGNS BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT MIGHT MODERATE ITS 
POLICIES.  BUT HE CALLED FOR EVIDENCE OF REAL COMMITMENT TO 
REFORM.   

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER KLAUS KINKEL -- ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION PRESIDENCY -- PROPOSED TALKS WITH THE MILITARY IN RANGOON. 
HE URGED BURMA'S RULERS TO SHOW THEY ARE READY FOR REAL PROGRESS 
TOWARD DEMOCRACY.   

            // REST OPTIONAL //   

THAILAND -- CRITICIZED FOR INVITING A BURMESE DELEGATION TO LAST 
WEEK'S ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING -- THIS WEEK URGED RANGOON TO 
RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI.   

BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER OHN GYAW -- WHO WAS KEPT UNDER TIGHT 
SECURITY IN BANGKOK AND SAID LITTLE TO REPORTERS -- INDICATED 
RANGOON WAS WILLING TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE WITH THE UNITED 
NATIONS. (SIGNED).

NEB/ FA / WOD 

26-Jul-94 6:41 AM EDT (1041 UTC)
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