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FCO TELNO 125 AND YOUR TELNO 205: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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You will have seen the reactions from the four
Governments consulted on the proposals in our TUR.
the circumstances we do not think a multilateral approach
as porposed therein would be feasible. However, we were
jemarks about interested by Ambassador Douglas's suggestion of ''safe
repatriation'' under UNHCR auspices, and by Zollner's
remarks on this subject (para 5 of your TUR).
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The possibility of forciblé repatriation of
Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong was as you know
considered by Ministers earlier this year.
The Secretary
of State ruled it out on humanitarian grounds and
because we were unlikely to get any satisfactory
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