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5. THERE IS OF COURSE MOUNTING CONCERN OVER REFUGEES AND IT IS
IPPED THAT ASEAN WILL AGREE TO MAKE A JOINT APPROACH TO THE
VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO PERSUADE THEM TO CONTROL THE PRESENT EXODUS OF REFUGEES AND TO DIRECT THEM TO TAIWAN OR TO CHINA
WHERE THEY ARE PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN. THE INDONESIANS
WOULD SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A REFUGEE HOLDING ISLAND IN THIS
AREA PROVIDED THAT IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE AN INDONESIAN. ISLAND.
O'BRIEN
UND
FED
FILES
SEAD HK & GD
PS
PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS
FS/IR LUARD
PS/PUS
SAD
SIR A DUFF
EID (E)
MR CORTAZZI
EESD
MR WEIR
OID
IPD
NEWS D
MVD
MR MURRAY
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