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STATE 237693
ACTION: POL-6 INFO: AMB DCM PAO POL/L POLAD-2 E/MIN E/COUNS FSE
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CN: 25084 CHRG STA
Pa Repatriation DIST: POL
INFO RUERJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY 6968 RUDHWL/AM EMBASSY WELLINGTON PRIORITY 2501 RUEHRC/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 9778 PUFHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN PRIORITY 9533 RUEHLD/AM EMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 8762
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UNCLAS STATI 237693
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FOLOWING STATE 23693 DTD AUG 22, SENT ACION GENEVA INFO CANBERRA OTTAWA TOKYO BANGKOK SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR MANILA PARIS HONG KONG BEING REPEATED TO YOU FOR YOUR INFO:
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UNCLAS STATE 237693
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SUBJECT: USG POSITION ON VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN REFUGEES
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DURING THE RECENT HONOLULU MEETING ON SOUTHEASET
ASIAN REFUGEES, THE UNHCR REQUESTED CLARIFICATION OF THE U.S. POSITION REGARDING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION.
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ORDER TO PRECLUDE MISUNDERSTANDING, WE BELIEVE IT USEFULKK 243/5
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5 SEP 1933
TO RESTATE OUR POLICY ON THIS ISSUE. THEREFORE, WE RECEIVED IN REGISTRY REQUEST TEAT AMBASSADOR SWABE TRANSMIT UNDER HIS SIGNATURE THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER SMYSER.
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DURING THE RECENT HONOLULU CONFERENCE, YOU REQUESTED A CLARIFICATION OF THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMNET OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION CF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES. IN THIS REGARD
IN THIS REGARD, MY GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED ME TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO SUPPORT VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION AS THE PREFERRED MEANS, OF RESOLVING REFUGEE SITUATIONS. IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING SOUTHEAST ASIA. SUCH REPATRIATION MUST PE ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY, HOWEVER, AND SHOULD NOT PLACE · THE RETURNEES IN ANY JEOPARDY OR RETURN THEM TO A SITUATION WHERE THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO PERSECUTION. TO ENSURE THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE MET, THE UNHCR, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES, MUST HAVE A CONTINUING ROLE IN THE REPATRIATION PROCESS. PARTICULARLY IN ASSURING THAT THE RETURNEES RECEIVE NECESSARY SUPPORT IN THE VILLAGES OR CITIES TO WHICH THEY ARE REPATRIATEC. THE UNHCR SHOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO MONITOR, ON A CONTINUING BASIS, THE CONDITIONS FACING THOSE WHO ARE REPATRIATED.
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