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TELEGRAM NUMBER 95 OF 1 JUNE 79
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG MOSCOW
PEKING WASHINGTON CANBERRA WELLINGTON KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE
BANGKOK JAKARTA MANILA TOKYO EEC POSTS
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S49 MY TEL NO 120 TO KUALA LUMPUR: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. ON MINISTERIAL INSTRUCTIONS, CORTAZZI AND MURRAY ARE CALLING
IN HEADS OF MISSION OF ALL COUNTRIES JUDGED LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL
IN MANAGING THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM, EITHER BY APPLYING
PRESSURE ON VIETNAM, OR BY ACCEPTING REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT, OR AT LEAST BY INCREASING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR FUNDS.
THESE INCLUDE SCANDINAVIAN AND OTHER NON EEC EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (AMONG THE NINE THE SUBJECT WILL BE RAISED AT NEXT WEEKS POLITICAL
COOPERATION MEETING), LATIN AMERICANS, AS WELL AS JAPAN AND A FEW ARAB COUNTRIES. THE EAST EUROPEANS ARE ALSO BEING SEEN.
RECORDS OF CONVERSATIONS WILL FOLLOW SEPARATELY.
2. WE ARE REPEATING TO YOU FCO TELS NOS 224 AND 225 TO
UKMIS NEW YORK, CONTAINING THE REPLY SENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WHICH SHE PROPOSES THAT A
CONFERENCE OF UN MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE CALLED TO DISCUSS THE
REFUGEE PROBLEM. DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL ARE UNDER URGENT
CONSIDERATION AND WILL BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE
GOVERNMENT ATTACH CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE TO THIS PROPOSAL. CARRINGTON
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