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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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WASHINGTON
December 3, 1980
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Over the past few months, we have noted with in- creasing concern a substantial decrease in the number of Indochinese being offered resettlement abroad. The United States has resettled a monthly average of 14,000 in the past year and will continue to do so in 1981. Other resettlement countries together accepted an average of 11,000 refugees monthly in the immediate post-Geneva period through February 1980 but since then, this average has fallen to 7,000 refugees monthly. Should this lower rate of third country resettlement continue, there is certain to be resentment among the countries of first asylum and an adverse impact upon the unstable conditions which exist in Southeast Asia.
There are 200,000 refugees in camps in Southeast Asia, only a relatively small portion of whom can re-
eutle locally. Additionally, there are 150,000 Khmer
holding centers in Thailand. These are not all sently available for resettlement and some will een to Kampic ea, but many y ave to be resettled
Sonorable
Carrington, K.ċ.
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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonweal fails and
Overseas Development,
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