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INFO HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK
INFO SAVING HANOI, MANILA, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PARIS, MOSCOW, UKDEL BRUSSELS.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. MURRAY ASKED THE SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO CALL TODAY TO
EXPLAIN BACKGROUND TO PRIME MINISTER'S PROPOSAL FOR A
SPECIAL CONFERENCE ON THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE SITUATION
AND TO SEEK SWEDISH SUPPORT.
2. MURRAY SAID THE VIETNAMESE HAD ADOPTED A DELIBERATE
POLICY OF FORCIBLY EXPELLING THEIR ETHNIC CHINESE MINORITY.
THE INDICATIONS WERE THAT HANOI WAS NOW CONSIDERING
DUMPING A FURTHER MILLION OR SO REFUGEES ON THE REST OF
THE WORLD. THE PROBLEM WAS URGENT AND OVERWHELMING.
HMG WERE LOOKING FOR HELP FROM SWEDEN AND FROM OTHER
FRIENDLY COUNTRIES ON TWO IMMEDIATE ISSUES:
(A) IN SUPPORTING THE CONVENING OF THE SPECIAL
CONFERENCE PROPOSED BY MRS THATCHER: AND
(B) IN PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO
MODERATE THEIR INHUMAN POLICY OF ENFORCED EXPULSION.
MURRAY SAID THAT SWEDEN WAS IN A PARTICULARLY STRONG POSITION ON (B) BECAUSE OF ITS STRONG HUMANITARIAN TRADITION AND BECAUSE OF ITS CONSIDERABLE AID CONTRIBUTION
TO VIETNAM
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/ 3. MURRAY