HA SECRETARY-GENERAL, THESE ARGUEMENTS ARE HEARTLESS. MOREOVER,
THEY ARE IRRELEVANT. IT IS NOT THE PRACTICE OF BRITISH MINISTERS TO COMMENT ON THE INTERVAL AFFAIRS OF OTHER COUNTRIES. FUT I AN BOUND TO WONDER WHAT LIES PENIND THIS EXODUS, AND WHY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN, OPEN AND CI ILDREN - PERHAPS AS MANY AS THE WHOLE POPULATION OF GENIVA - HAVE DIED IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DECAUSE THEY COULD NOT, OR WOULD NOT, CONTINUE LIVING
IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. THEY HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT BY NO NATURAL
DISASTER. ONE CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THEY HAVE LEFT BECAUSE THE
POLICIES OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEI
TO REMAIN. AND THEIR FATE, CAUSED BY THE POLICIES OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, IS NOW THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERN OF US ALL.
TIE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT IS NOW PROPOSING THAT ITS EXTREMELY
LIMITED SEVEN-POINT UNDERSTANDING WITH THE THE UNHCR FOR
FAMILY REUNION SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO PROVIDE FOR ORDERLY
DEPARTURE OF ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO LEAVE VIETNAM. THIS IS A
SUCGESTION THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COM UNITY WILL NEED TO STUDY
WITH GREAT ATTENTION AND AT PRESENT I HAVE ONLY TO COMMENTS.
FIRST, VIETNAK MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOT COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO FORCE ON OTHER COUNTRIES A SECTOR OF ITS OWN POPULATION WHICH IT NO LONGER WANTS WITHIN ITS BORDERS. ANY LONG-TERM PROGRAMME FOR THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE OF PEOPLE WHO WISH TO LEAVE VIETNAM MUST BE SEEN TO BE JUST AND FAIR. IT MUST BE TRULY VOLUNTARY, WITH NO ELEMENT OF OPEN OR FIDDEN COMPULSION. THOSE WHO WISH TO LEAVE MUST BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR NORMAL
LIVES IN VIETNAM RILE THEY AVAIT DEPARTURE. IF THEY LEAVE
THERE MUST BE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO SO IN NUMBERS
AND AT TIMES WHICH THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN ABSORB.
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SECONDLY, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WHICH IS TRYING TO LIFT
THE BURDEN OF REFUGEES IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF
FIRST ASYLUM MUST NOW EXPECT VIETNAM TO CEASE THE PRESSURES ON
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING FORCED TO FLEE. THE WORLD NEEDS
SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THOSE REFUGEES ALREADY IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
AND HONG KONG TO BE RESETTLED. THIS IS AN URGENT REQUIREMENT.
VIETNAM MUST RESPOND TO IT AND TI EKERY CHOY THAT THE WORLD CAN RELY
ITS 43SURANCES.
R SECRETARY-GENERAL, WE CAMUT HOPE TO RESOLVE ALL THE ASPECTS
F THIS TRACERY BEFORE NE LEAVE THIS CONFERENCE. BUT WE LOOK
TO YOU TO GIVE US A CLEAR PINECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTPS..
I SUCGEST THAT CREED FIROT TO ENSURE THAT EXISTING PRESSURES ARE EASED. FOR THIS WE MEAS CO. MITTELTS FROM COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE AREA TO RECEIVE REFUGEES FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT AND TO
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