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4. WE ALSO SOUGHT JAPANECE SUPPORT FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER'S PROPOSAL FOR A SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, WITH TWO AIMS, MORE RESETTLEMENT PLACES AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON VIETNAM. MR SONODA HAD ADMITTED TO THE SECRETARY
OF STATE THAT THE JAPANESE RECORD ON REFUGEES WAS NOT GOOD.
JAPAN HAD A DIRECT INTEREST IN THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG.
WHICH COULD NOT TAKE THE PRESSURE FROM VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
IN ADDITION TO LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA.
WE APPEALED TO THE JAPANESE TO TAKE MORE THAN THE 500
REFUGEES THEY HAD ANNOUNCED, AND IN PARTICULAR TO TAKE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
5. BECAUSE OF JAPAN'S SPECIAL LINKS WITH LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES, WE ALSO ASKED THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO USE
ITS GOOD OFFICES WITH COUNTRIES SUCH AS BRAZIL AND VENENZUELA
WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME REFUGEES WITHOUT UNDUE
DIFFICULT.
6. CORTAZZI CONCLUDED BY STRESSING THE PRIME MINISTER'S
DIRECT PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE ISSUE.
7. FUJIYAMA UNDERTOOK TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO TOKYO.
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PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE SUPPORTING ACTION.
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