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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret,
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
Type 1 +
BG Cartledge Esq
From
PS /LPS.
Telephone No. Ext.
No. 10
Department
DSR11
.c.
.........In Confidence
Chilcot Esq one Office
J Vile Esq abinet Office
.c.c.
rivate Secretary Sir Hurd
S/Mr Blaker
S/PUS
ir A Duff
ir A Parsons
r Leahy
r Murray
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KGD EAD
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
Dr.
The Prime Minister will have seen reports of a
statement by Datuk Mahathir, the Malaysian Deputy Prime
Minister, that Malaysia will ship more than 70,000
Vietnamese refugees in Malaysia back into international
waters and will shoot on sight any 'boat people' entering
Malaysian waters. The Malaysian Government has since
denied this latter statement, but it has been reported
that some 2,500 refugees have already been towed out to
The Indonesians are also refusing to accept more
refugees. These actions follow reports that the Thai
Government, despite appeals from the International
Committee of the Red Cross, are forcibly repatriating
refugees including women and children into Cambodia and
will expel 'boat people".
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2. These threats and actions have greatly exacerbated
the crisis and apart from the important humanitarian
aspects pose a serious threat to peace in South East Asia.
Public opinion in Britain has been aroused and the
Government will be pressed to take further action. An
early PNQ seems possible.
3.
We shall be replying to your letter of 14 June
when we have been able to review the situation in the
light of talks which Mr Blaker is having with the United Nations High Cymmissioner for Refugees /in
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