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INFO PRIORITY LUXEMBOURG
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YOUR TELNO 1494: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1. I RAISED THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WITH PRINCE HENRI
AND MR SANTER. THE PRIME MINISTER OF LUXEMBOURG. WHEN THEY CALLED
ON ME THIS MORNING. I TOLD THEM THAT ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTOOD THAT
LUXEMBOURG COULD NOT TAKE ANY LARGE NUMBER IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US
IF AS MANY COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND A
CONTRIBUTION FROM LUXEMBOURG WOULD THEREFORE BE WARMLY WELCOMED.
2. THE PRIME MINISTER UNDERTOOK TO RAISE THE ISSUE WITH THE FOREIGN
MINISTER ON HIS RETURN. HE THOUGHT THAT THE FACT THAT THE
FEFUGEES WERE WORKERS RATHER THAN INTELLECTUALS (WHO WERE DIFFICULT TO PLACE IN LUXEMBOURG) MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
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