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this

irection);

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voluntary repatriation (supported

UNHCR but

hitherto frustratingly

unachievable

by

in the

absence of volunteers

to return); and involuntary

repatriation,

which

raises

and political

humanitarian

issues of the utmost difficulty.

4.

I

a m sure

you

would

agree

that we

contemplate involuntary repatriation to

satisfactory

assurances

could only

to Vietnam if we had

from the Vietnamese about

the

treatment

of those

returned.

The behaviour of the

Vietnamese

authorities

has been

such that it

would

be

Vietnamese

were

difficult for such assurances

willing to

international supervision would be needed;

even to be credible,

if the

give

them.

Some

sort

of

and M. Hocké

made it

clear to

would

have

no part

in

us during his

an operation of

visit recent

that UNHCR

this kind.

He

would

be

willing

to

participate

if the

exercise

were

voluntary,

or

quasi-voluntary, perhaps

with

financial

inducement being made available both

the Vietnamese and to the Vietnamese

to returnees and to

If the

authorities.

UK

were to participate in

this,

it would cut

across

our

firm

policy,

announced

by

the

Prime Minister

in

1979,

that

we

would

give

no

aid

to

its

forces

from

Cambodia

and

improved

Vietnam until

its human

it withdrew

rights

record.

The

Vietnamese

would

be quick

to

exploit any

apparent softening

of

Western policy in

Cambodia.

The

be carefully prepared with the

ground would thus have to

who expect us to support a policy of

ASEAN

countries,

international

ostracism of

Vietnam for as

long

as

its

forces remain in Cambodia.

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