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CONFIDENTIAL
BRIEF NO 5: UNHCR AGREEMENT AND ORDERLY DEPARTURE
POINTS TO MAKE
1. The 30 May agreement is very narrow in scope, but welcome to the
extent it avoids some boat deaths.
The principle of direct departure
is important: we should aim to us e it to replace the need for boat
refugee voyages.
2. The 30 May agreement does not prove that Vietnam is collaborating
with the world. To do that she must bring all who want to leave
within the framework of orderly departure.
CONFIDENTIAL