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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1409
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, HANOI, KUALA LUMPUR
to
YOUR TELNO 2200 AND UKMIS TELNO 381
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1.
WE TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WOULD BE
INVOLVED IN THE INTRODUCTION OF SCREENING WITHOUT ARRANGEMENTS
HAVING FIRST BEEN MADE TO RETURN THOSE FOUND NOT (NOT) TO BE
REFUGEES. WE SEE NO OBJECTION TO THIS POINT BEING MADE BY UKMIS
GENEVA TO UNHCR AT WORKING LEVEL IF LATTER RAISES THIS ISSUE IN
DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, WE WOULD NOT (NOT) WISH TO MAKE ANY
SPECIFIC APPROACH TO UNHCR ON THIS QUESTION UNTIL WE KNOW
MINISTERS' VIEWS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARISED IN OUR TELNO
1346.
2.
YOU WILL ALSO WISH TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM
BANGKOK (BEAN'S LETTER TO NASH, SEAD, OF 23 JUNE (COPIED TO MISS WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA)) THAT THE THAIS APPEAR TO HAVE RUN INTO
SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES OVER LAO SCREENING ARRANGEMENTS.
PRASONG IS REPORTED TO HAVE RAISED THE PROBLEM WITH THE
AMBASSADORS OF FIVE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES (USA, CANADA,
AUSTRALIA, FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND) PLUS UNHCR ON 13 JUNE.
UNDERSTAND THAT 900 CASES HAVE NOW BEEN SCREENED OUT AND ARE HELD
BY THE THAIS PENDING REPATRIATION TO LAOS. THE LAO SEEM
BRIEFLY,
WE
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