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Vietnamese Refugees.
1. Please pass the following personal message from
the Prime Minister to Datuk Hussein Onn as soon as
possible. Begins.
I have read with
,
statement of 14 June
Towards
concern reports of Batak Mahathir's about yo
your Soveermento policy
that the Malaysian Government intend
to ship back to sea Vietnamese refugees in Malaysia.
I realise the hardships and difficulties Malaysia
faces in the current crisis and share your Government's
wish to take drastic early action to stem the flood of
refugees and force the barbarous Vietnamese regime to
recognise its responsibilities and improve the lot of its
unfortunate people. To this end I have, as you know,
General General to call and
(internati8ly
appealed to the UN Secretary
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