INDEED WHEN SOME ASKED ME WHETHER I WANTED IT I SAID I DIDN'T
NDEED SEE MUCH POINT, I WOULD MAKE MY OWN WAY OF ANNOUNCING THE FACT
THAT NOBODY WANTED US TO PULL OUT AND MANY OF US WANTED TO STAY N. IN THE EVENT THE INITIATIVE WAS TAKEN BY PRIME MINISTER OF
GUYANA AND WAS VERY WARMLY SUPPORTED.
Q. DO YOU THINK THAT THE PROCRESS, WHATEVER PROGRESS THERE IS,
AT THE CSCE, WARRANTS A SUMMIT CONFERENCE, AND DO YOU THINK THERE
WILL BE ONE?
A. JIM, YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO THIS ONE.
(CALLAGHAN)
YES, I THINK THAT IT'S GETTING TO THE STAGE WHERE WE ARE ALL JUSTIFIED IN LOOKING HOPEFULLY AT THE PROSPECTS OF A SUMMIT, AND THE SUMMIT SHOULD CERTAINLY BE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE CANNOT ALLOW THESE THINGS TO DRAG ON. THERE ARE STILL SOME POINTS THAT WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH AND WANT TO SEE SOLVED, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE SOLVED BEFORE WE GET TO THE SUMMIT. I HAVE CONFIDENCE WITH THE WAY THAT THEY ARE WORKING NOW, THAT THIS SHOULD BE POSSIBLE HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER.
2.
BY NOW THERE'S SOMETHING BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 VIET NAM REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. THEY HAVE ARRIVED THERE BY VARIOUS MEANS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD IMPRESSION IN LONDON THAT THESE WILL INEVITABLY BECOME A BRITISH RESPONSIBILITY. COULD YOU TELL US IF THAT IS SO?
A
is is
WELL, THIS IS NOT A MATTER WHICH OF COURSE HAS COME TO ME WHILE I'VE BEEN TRAVELLING FROM KINGSTON TO HERE, BUT THERE HAS A STATEMENT ON THE GENERAL QUESTION OF REFUGEES MADE IN THE HOUSE BY THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
R ENNALS, BUILDING ON A STATEMENT BY THE HOME SECRETARY ABOUT REFUGEES IN GENERAL. THE HONG KONG POSITION IS NOT ONE, I
THINK, THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UNLESS JIM GOT LATER INFORMATION.
(CALLAGHAN)
WELL, IT IS A PROBLEM CERTAINLY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE REFUGEES WERE NOT THOSE WHO WERE BEING OFFICIALLY EVACUATED FROM VIET NAM, BUT IT'S A MATTER THAT IS UNDER DISCUSSION NOW. HONG KONG HAS GOT SERIOUS PROBLEMS OF ITS OWN AND WE ARE WORKING ON
IT AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW BEST WE CAN DEAL WITH THESE UNFORTUNAT
PEOPLE.
5
1 Q.
CAN I JUST
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