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FM FCO 3020007 MAY 79
TO PRIORITY HANOI
TELNO 91 OF 30 MAY
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, JAKARTA, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, SINGAPORE.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
LORD CARRINGTON DISCUSSED THIS SUBJECT IN THE MARGIN OF THE
NATO MINISTERIAL MEETING ON 29 MAY.
THE REFUGEE SITUATION HAD DEVELOPED MORE SERIOUSLY THAN
ANYONE HAD ANTICIPATED. OUR INFORMATION FROM HANOI SUGGESTED THAT
THE VIETNAMESE WANTED TO REMOVE ABOUT A MILLION NEW REFUGEES, FROM
THE COUNTRY QUICKLY. THERE WAS A LACK OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
OF THE SHEER SCALE OF THE PROBLEM. THE AMERICANS AND FRENCH HAD DONE
MUCH: BUT MOST COUNTRIES HAD DONE NOTHING. MORE DRAMATIC ACTION WAS
NEEDED, PARTICULARLY EY THE UN.
2. M. FRANCOIS PONCET SAID THAT THE UN WERE ONLY THE MIDDLE MEN.
WE NEEDED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT ITS SOURCE BY INTERNATIONAL
MORAL PRESSURE ON THE VIETNAMESE. THE FRENCH THEMSELVES WOULD SPEAK TO THE VIETNAMESE. THE SCANDINAVIANS, AMONGST OTHERS, SHOULD BE
ASKED TO DO MORE.
3. MR VANCE SAID THAT THE AMERICANS HOPED TO INCREASE THEIR INTAKE FROM 7000 TO 10000 A MONTH BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THEY WOULD ALSO PUT PRESSURE ON THE VIETNAMESE TO REGULATE THE FLOW: ON THE JAPANESE (AT THE TOKYO SUMMIT) TO HELP FUND THE NEW INDONESIAN REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE: AND ON THE RUSSIANS (AT THE US/SOVIET SUMMIT) TO TALK TO THE VIETNAMESE. HE AGREED THAT THE SOUTH AMERICANS SHOULD BE CALLED UPON TO DO SOMETHING.
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