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100 orphans had been accepted.
Herr Steger said that there had
been some change in German policy and that a greater number of refugees (between one and three thousand) would now be admitted. M. Duzer said that France had received a large number of requests and had been obliged to limit those admitted to persons with family connections in France or French-speaking refugees who could easily be assimilated into the community. About 2,000 refugees had arrived so far and others would probably be admitted. No ceiling had been set. Mr Kapel said that 200 orphans had been taken by Denmark before the fall of Indo-China and since then a further 100 persons had been accepted through the offices of
UNHCR.
8. In discussion of Cambodia, Mr Kapel said that Denmark had received a message from the Cambodian Government acknowledging Danish recognition. Prince Sihanouk's remarks in Le Monde about compensation had interested the Danes since there were certain private claims as well as a government loan which they would like to settle. M. Duzer said that they had the impression from persons repatriated from Cambodia that the situation there was extremely severe and that the country was in the process of social and economic upheaval. It was clear from Prince Sihanouk's visit to Paris that certain Cambodians including the Prince wanted
an opening to the outside world. This had also been the implication of certain remarks made by Ieng Sary whilst he was in Paris. The French thought this attitude was supported by China. Prince Sihanouk had told them that Cambodia wanted diplomatic relations although not, for the reasons stated in Le Monde interview, in the immediate future. However, Sihanouk had said that relations would be established "faster than foreseen" although the precise meaning of this was unclear. Herr Steger said that the
FRG had received certain indications from East Berlin that
Cambodia wished to establish relations but there had been no
follow up and the Germans were doubtful whether in the present situation relations were feasible.
IV China
9.
There was no substantive discussion of either of the China
items on the agenda. It was agreed however that our paper on
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