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TO ROUTINE FCO TEL UNNUMBERED OF 27 JULY
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. IN A TV INTERVIEW MADE DURING THE WEEK, PRESIDENT BONGO ANNOUNCED THAT GABON WAS READY TO ACCEPT 2-300VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. SOME CRITICS SAID THAT AFRICAN COUNTRIES TOOK NO NOTICE OF PROBLEMS OUTSIDE THEIR CONTINETNT. HE WANTED TO SHOY THAT THIS WAS UNFAIR AND THAT GABON AT LEAST WOULD TAKE ITS CONTRIBUTION TO COPING WITH THIS WORLD DISASTER. (THE FACT THAT HE ADDED THAT THIS DECISION WOULD BE TRANSMITTED AT ONCE TO THE FRENCH GOVT MAY INDICATE THE GENESIS OF THE IDEA .)
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