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FM UKREP BRUSSELS 251749Z JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 4159 OF 25 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE ODM(FOR BUIST VEREKER
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COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (DEPUTIES): 25 JULY
SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES: FOLLOW-UP TO THE 24 JULY COUNCIL
SUMMARY
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1. 2700 TONNES OF RICE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR CAMBODIAN REFUGEES
IN VIETNAM FROM THE 1979 VIETNAM FOOD AID PROGRAMME. NO DECISION
ON HOW TO PAY FOR THE 28,202 TONNES OF RICE PROMISED TO THE UN-
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN PEFUGEES IN
TRANSIT: THE COMMISSION WILL PROVIDE IT WITHOUT SUCH A DECISION,
WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL NOW HAVE TO TKAE IN SEPTEMBER, WRITTEN
ROOCEDURE AGREED TO REACH A QUICK DECISION ON THE FINANCIAL AID
ELEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS ENDORSED BY THE 24 JULY
COUNCIL.
DETAIL
2. SEVEN DELEGATIONS COULD ACCEPT THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR
FINANCING THE AID AGREED BY THE COUNCIL ON 94. JULY FOR UNHCR FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES (PAGE 7 OF COM(79) 442). THE
GERMANS RESERVED THEIR POSITION. WE SAID WE COULD ACCEPT ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS EXCEPT THE VIREMENT
OF 10.2 MEUA TO ALLOW 18, 828 TONNES OF RICE TO BE ADDED TO THE
1979 FOOD AID PROGRAMME. IN OUR VIEW ALL THE FOOD AID REQUIRED
COULD BE FOUND FROM THE 1979 VIETNAM ALLOCATION OR THE 1979 FOOD
AID RESERVE.
3. THE 2,700 TONNES OF RICE FOR CAMBODIAN REFUGEES IN VIETNAM PROPOSED IN COM(72)420 WILL GO AHEAD. THE DANES, THE DUTCH AND
THE ITALIANS COULD NOT AGREE TO USE OF 10,000 TONNES OF RICE
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