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İNFO KUALA LUMPUR,,UKMİS GENEVA, GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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YOUR TEL NO 17: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED A NOTE FROM THE MFA
Action
EXPRESSING WARM APPRECIATION OF UK DECISION TO ADMIT
250 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM THAILAND.
2.HOWEVER, AS WE ANTICIPATED, MFA HAVE URGED THAT
WE GIVE SPECIAL AND URGENT ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF ''LAND CASES'' .AS WE HAVE REPEATEDLY POINTED OUT, "'LAND CASES'' COMPRISE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE 136,300+ DISPLACED PERSONS IN THAILAND.PRESENT THAI VIEWS ON THE INDO-CHINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM ARE SUMMARISED IN DUGGANS MINUTE OF 22 JAN (COPIED TO SEAD)
3.COPY OF MFA NOTE FOLLOWS BY BAG.
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