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From PUS.

Your tel No 186:

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. We have briefed the Secretary of State to raise the

refugee problem with Mr Vance.

If we

2. We see difficulties about a specifically Anglo-

American initiative. The UK is well down the list of

countries involved in resettling Vietnamese refugees and

our ability to absorb more is severely limited.

were to propose an Anglo-American plan, we could come

under pressure to admit more refugees than we would be

able to absorb. We should prefer the UNHCR to retain the

lead in searching for solutions to this problem.

13. We

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