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THE PRIME MINISTER
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30 July 1979
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Thank you for your letter of 13 July and for your
support for the steps the Government has taken to ensure
that concerted international efforts are made to resettle
those refugees who have already been expelled from Indo-
China, and to tackle the refugee problem at its roots by
pressing Vietnam to reverse its inhumane policies.
This
You may be interested to see the enclosed copy of the
speech which the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary made
at the international meeting at Geneva on 20 July.
includes an announcement of the additional places which
Britain has agreed to make available for resettlement and
of the extra funds we propose to provide over the next
12 months.
I am glad to say that the Geneva meeting resulted in a
massive increase in offers of resettlement places, from
125,000 to 260,000, and in new pledges of additional finan-
cial support for the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees amounting to U.S. $190 million.
It also demonstrated the strength of international con-
cern about all aspects of the refugee problem, including
the plight of Cambodia, and secured undertakings from
Vietnam to suspend for a time the export of boat people,
and to discuss measures for the safe and orderly departure
of those of its citizens who wish to leave.
The world