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PARA 23: TO BE REPLACED BY:-
''AGAIN UNHCR'S SUPPORT WOULD BE NEEDED. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONSULTED OFFICIALLY. BUT THE UK MISSION IN GENEVA BELIEVE THAT UNHCR WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SCREENING ARRANGEMENTS ALONG THE LINES PROPOSED BEFORE ASSURANCES HAD BEEN GIVEN BY THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES THAT VIETNAMESE RETURNED TO VIETNAM WOULD BE TREATED
HUMANELY. UNHCR WOULD NOT, IN UKMIS GENEVA'S VIEW, BE
PREPARED SIMPLY TO TAKE PART IN SUCH SCREENING ARRANGEMENTS
ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS.''
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PARA 25(D) (I), LINES 2 AND 3: IT IS MORE THAN A UNHCR BELIEF. THEY HAVE TOLD US QUITE CLEARLY THAT OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES
EXPECT UK TO TAKE THE LEAD.
PARA 25(D) (III): IT SCARCELY SEEMS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO CONTEMPLATE ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO- CHINESE REFUGEES. THIS MIGHT BE REFLECTED BY THE ADDITION OF AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE READING THE WORLDS ATTENTION AT THIS TIME IS ON THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE FAMINE IN AFRICA AND THE EXODUS FROM AFGHANISTAN''.
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