1.JN4OR REP, ANDERS JOHNSSON, MAJ JOLD ME THAT ON
THE BASIS OF DISCUSSIONS HE HAD WITH SEVI09 MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVT ON 26 JAN, HE BELIEVES VIETNAM NOW WANTS TO STOP THE ILLEGAL EXODUS OF BOAT AND SHIP REFUGSES, AND TO REPLACE IT BY A SYSTEM OF AGREED QUOTAS FOR LEGAL EMIGRANTS TO RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES.HE ENVISAGES THAT SUCH A SCHEME MIGHT BE ARRANGED THROUGH THE GOOD OFFICES OF UNHCR, THE CONSIDERS VIETNAM UNDERSTANDS THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION SUFFICIENTLY
WELL VOT TO PRESS FOR UNREALISTIC QUOTAS.ME MENTIONED
TO ME A FIGURE OF ONE OR TWO THOUSAND A MONTH OVER TWO YEARS
AS 33140 THE SORT OF FIGURE HE HAS IN MIND. HE THOUGHT
THAT FROM VIETNAM'S POINT OF VIC/ SUCH A FISURE MIGHT BE
SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT INTOLERABLE PRESSUPES FOR EMIGRATION
BUILDING UP IN THE SOUTH, AND ADDED THAT, BEFORE ANY AGREED QUOTA SCHEME CD COME INTO EFFECT, IT WO BE NECESSARY TO FIND
RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FOR WHOM UNHCR
WAS ALREADY RESPONSIBLE.
2. JOHNS SON'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VIETNAMESE ARE AT A
VERY EARLY STAGE.HE ENVISAGES THE POSSIBILITY OF A TEAM COMING
FROM GENEVA, POSSIBLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, TO CARRY THE MATTER
FORWARD HE ASKED THAT FOR THE MOMENT 413 REMARKS BHD BE
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KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, WHEN MATTERS HAD ADVANCED FURTHER
HE PROPOSED TO BRIEF AMBASSADORS OF ASEAN AND OTHER INTERESTED
COUNTRIES.
FCO PASS ALL.
MARGETSON
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