Talks In Bangkok

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30348, 25 January 1964, Page 15

Talks In Bangkok

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) BANGKOK, Jan. 24. The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister (Tun Abdul Razak) today announced that Bangkok would be the site for tripartite ministerial and summit conferences between Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. He said that with the conclusion of a cease-fire agreement in Borneo “I pray that there may be lasting peace in this region.” Thai sources said the Government was carefully studying a request from the countries involved to police a cease-fire in North Borneo and its decision was expected to be announced after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Mr Robert Kennedy, the United States AttorneyGeneral, who travelled through South-east Asia on a “peace mission” announced in Bangkok last night that the cease-fire was expeoted to come into force by the end of the month. The forces involved are British and Malaysian troops and guerillas allegedly based in Indonesia.

Tun Razak did not say when the Bangkok meetings would take place but Mr Kenedy said the preliminary meetings would begin in the first week of February. Tun Razak said he was extremely pleased that the Thai Foreign Minister (Tun. Thanat Khoman) “has taken over Mr Kennedy’s role.”