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3. GHAZALI SHAFIE OUTLINED HIS FORMULA FOR AN ISLAND PROCESSING
CENTRE WHERE REFUGEES COULD BE HOUSED AND CARED FOR WHILE
AWAITING RE-SETTLEMENT IN WESTERN COUNTRIES. HE ACCEPTED THAT GUAM, WHICH HE HAD SEVERAL TIMES SUGGESTED, WAS NOT PRACTICAL FROM THE UNITED STATES POINT OF VIEW BUT SAID THAT IF THE US, WITH OR WITHOUT OTHER COUNTRIES, WOULD PLEDGE THAT ALL REFUGEES WOULD BE FOUND A HOME WITHIN THREE YEARS THEN AN ISLAND WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
HE HAD SINGLED OUT THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE. IT WAS A VESTIGIAL
PROBLEM OF THAT COUNTRY'S INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND BECAUSE
IT WAS THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS WAVING THE FLAG OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
4. HE CRITICIZED THE DOUBLE STANDARDS OF FOREIGN JOURNALISTS DURING THE HAI HONG INCIDENT, QUOTE PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM ENGLAND UNQUOTE LIKE ALWYN TAYLOR OF THE DAILY MAIL WHO WERE
QUOTE EXTREMELY MUTE UNQUOTE NOW THAT THERE WAS A SIMILAR INCIDENT
IN THE BRITISH TERRITORY OF HONG KONG. HE ALSO SAID THERE
WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SHOW THERE WAS AN INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE WHICH WORKED IN CONNIVANCE WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS. THE
GOVERNMENT WERE CONSIDERING SEEKING THE COOPERATION OF HONG KONG
SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM TO SMASH THE SYNDICATE.
5. IN CONCLUSION GHAZALIE SHAFIE SAID : QUOTE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THERE IS A LIMIT TO OUR
ENDURANCE. IF THIS EXODUS IS NOT STOPPED AT SOURCE, AND IF THE RESETTLEMENT OF THESE PEOPLE IS NOT DONE QUICKLY .................. THEN I AM AFRAID MALAYSIA MAY HAVE TO RECONSIDER HER ATTITUDE TOWARDS
THIS PROBLEM UNQUOTE.
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