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5. DURING DISCUSSION VITE FRENCH DEPUTY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLIVIER STIRN ON 29 JUNE, PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMED HIS PLEDCE THAT NO MORE KAMPUCHEANS WOULD BE REPATRIATED UNTIL AFTER THE OUTCOME OF THE GENEVA CONFEREN 2. STIRN PROMISED THAT HALF THE PROMISED 5,700 ADDITIONAL REFUGEES ACCEPTED BY FRANCE WOULD COME FROM THAILAND, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM WOULD BE KAMPUCHEANS.
6. I ATTENDED A MEETING ON REFUGEES THIS MORNING OF SOME HEADS OF MISSION OF THE NINE, AT WHICH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND SWEDEN WERE ALSO PRESENT. I SHALL PEFORT ON THIS AND ON MY FORTHCOMING MEETINGS WITH MINISTER SIDDHI ON TUESDAY AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ARUN ON WEDNESDAY.
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