SPLACE
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MEASURES FOR INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS ( PRESS RELEASE - APRIL 3 )
THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS IS AN ELEMENT OF POTENTIAL INSTABILITY IN THE ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION, AND THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE LEFT AS IT IS FROM THE HUMANITARIAN STANDPOINT. EXPECTATIONS ARE MOUNTING INTERNATIONALLY AND IN AISAN COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY FOR JAPAN TO PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM AS THE ONLY ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY IN ASIA. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE,
IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN HAS BEEN STUDYING ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR FURTHER CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. AS A RESULT, THE CABINET AT ITS MEETING TODAY REACHED UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING MEASURES (1) - (3) (FOR DETAILS REFER TO THE ATTACHED SHEET) FOR THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS. AT THE SAME TIME, FOREIGN MINISTER SONODA STATED IN THE CABINET MEETING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE ADDITIONAL STEPS ENUMERATED IN (4) - (8), AND REQUESTED THE COOPERATION OF OTHER MINISTERS CONCERNED. THUS, THE GOVERNMENT IS TO EMBARK UPON THE FOLLOWING 8 ITEM COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES.
(1) THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE EFFORTS IN ORDER TO REALIZE THE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS. TARGET FIGURE FOR THE TIME BEING IS 500 PERSONS. MOREOVER, 'REGARDLESS OF THE ABOVE NUMBER, THE GOVERNMENT WILL
· ENDEAVOR TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF THOSE STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS FROM INDOCHINA WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE BEFORE SPRING 1975.
(2) BY SOFTENING THE CONDITIONS FOR RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF DISPLACED PERSONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CABINET AT ITS MEETING IN APRIL LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PERMIT THE RESETTLEMENT IN JPAAN OF THOSE DISPLACED PERSONS NOW TEMPORARILY STAYING IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES AND WHO HAD IN THE PAST CLOSE RELATIONS WITH JAPAN. BESIDES, THE GOVERNMENT WILL APPLY CATEGORY NO.3 (SEE FOOT-NOTE) FOR RESETLEMENT IN JAPAN WITH FLEXIBILITY.
(3) AS MEASURES FOR HELPING THOSE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO RESETTLE IN JAPAN, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR LEARNING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND OFFER, AS NECESSARY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR GOOD OFFICES FOR FINDING JOBS.
(4) THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO REQUEST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM TO RESTRAIN THE OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES.
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