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FM KUALA LUMPUR 01122OZ JULY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 233 OF 1 JULY
FOLLOWING FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT
FROM FENN
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1. SECRETARY OF STATE RECORDED AN INTERVIEW WITH JIM BIDDULPH OF
THE BBC TV NEWS ABOUT REFUGEES WHICH WILL BE USED ON TV TOMORROW
NIGHT, 2 JULY. PLEASE MONITOR.
2. MAIN POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) LORD CARRINGTON HOPED THAT THE UN CONFERENCE WOULD PRODUCE
ENHANCED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNHCR AND ADMISSIONS FOR
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT, PARTICULARLY FROM COUNTRIES WHO HAD SO FAR
DONE LITTLE OR NOTHH ING. THE FACT THAT THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE
AT ALL WAS ALSO AN IMPLICIT CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAM.
(B) THE INHUMAN POLICIES OF VIETNAM WERE THE ORIGIN OF THIS
EXODUS. THEY MERIT WORLD WIDE CONDEMNATION.
(C) HE HAD NATURALLY EXPRESSED TO THE MALAYSIANS CONCERN ABOUT
THE BLOCKADE BUT HE FULLY RECOGNISED THE ENORMOUS PROBLEMS THEY
FACED. HE HOPED THE CONFERENCE WOULD ALLEVIATE THEIR PROBLEMS,
AS WELL AS THOSE OF HONG KONG.
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