A
SUBJECT:
INTERNATIONAL ACTION ON INDOCHINA REFUGEES
REF: STATE 158040
(C
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ENTIRE TEXT).
2. REPLIES TO REFTEL HAVE INDICATED CONCERN IN SOME QUARTERS THAT SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON INDOCHINA REFUGEES COULD BE COUNTER-PRODUCT IVE, PARTICULARLY IF DEBATE RESULTS IN OVERCHARGING THE POLITICAL ATMOS- PHERE AND IF SOVIET UNION VET OES EVEN AN APOL IT I CAL RE SOL UT ION AIMED AT SETTING-THE STAGE -FOR AN INTER - NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES. SOME COUNTRIES HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT SUCH A RESULT COULD, IN EFFECT, FORECLOSE ANY FURTHER BROAD INTERNATIONAL ACTION, SUCH AS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
3. IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OF THIS ISSUE WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS, -CONVEY FOLLOWING POINTS:
- AS STATED REFTEL, WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE MOST DESIRABLE OUTCOME OF THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS
NOW UNDER WAY WOULD BE A MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFIDENTIAL
节
UUNTIUENTIAL
!