House of Lords PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for ORAL answer on.
9 July 1979.
S.E. A.
Department
Please submit your draft reply (normal maximum 50 words) through an Under-Secretary and the Private Secretary to M. Blake
Parliamentary Unit WS8A to reach this office by NTON ON TUESDAY
3 JULY 1979 The draft reply should be accompanied by full supplementary, and background material: see
Diplomatic Service Procedure Volume 5 for guidance. Text of Question as follows:
The Lord Brockway To ask Her Majesty's Government whether
they have been informed of the terms of the seven point programme which the Vietnam Government reached with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (May 30th, 1979) to facilitate the orderly and safe departure of people wishing to leave Viftnam, and whether the offer of the Vietnam Government to attend a conference of countries concerned to implement the agreement has been accepted.-
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I am aware of the terms of the programme to which the Noble Lord refers.
The United Nations Secretary-General has called an international meeting in Geneva on 20 and 21 July to discuss the problems of Indo- Chinese refugees.
The Vietnamese Government has been invited
to attend this meeting.
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