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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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