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AM TO YO 281240Z JUN 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 335 OF 29 JUNE, 1979
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON
SAVING HONG KONG AND HANOI
FOR NEWS DEPT.
TOKYO SUMMIT: INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
1.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE SPECIAL STATEMENT ON
INFO-CHINESE REFUGEES
THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA POSES A HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS AND CONSITITUTES A THREAT TO THE PEACE AND STABILITY OF SOUTH EAST ASIA. GIVEN THE TRAGEDY AND SUFFERING WHICH ARE TOKING PLACE, THE PROBLEM
CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND MAJOR RESPONSE.
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THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT CALL ON VIETNAM AND OTHER
COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA TO TAKE URGENT AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES
SO THAT THE PRESENT HUMAN HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING ARE ELIMINATED.
THEY CONFIRM THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACH TO THE IMMEDIATE
CESSATION OF THE DISORDERLY OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES WITHOUT PREJUDICE
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE EMIGRATION AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION.
THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED WILL, AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL
EFFORT, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDOCHINESE
REFUGEE RELIEF AND RE-SETTLEMENT BY MAKING MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE
AND BY ADMITTING MORE PEOPLE, WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE
EXISTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN EACH OF THEIR
COUNTRIES.
THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT REQUEST THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO CONVENE A CONFERENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
WITH A VIEW TO ATTAINING CONCRETE AND POSITIVE RESULTS. THEY
EXTEND FULL SUPPORT TO THIS OBJECTIVE AND ARE READY TO PARTICIPATE
CONSTRUCTIVELY IN SUCH A CONFERENCE.
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