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OBJET: VIETNAM AND THE INDO-CHINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM
REF. :
CPE/LON 350 OF 12.07.1988 CPE/LON 352 OF 12.07.1988
CPE/BON 580 OF 18.0/.1988 CPE/DUB 207 OF 20.07.1988 CPE/MAD 270 OF 22.07.1988
DENMARK AGREES TO THE TEXT OF A DEMARCHE BY THE TWELVE TO VIETNAM AS PROPOSED BY THE UK WITH THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE NETHERLANDS AND FINDS AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE PRO- POSALS BY GERMANY ARE ACCEPTABLE.
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DENMARK WOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO MAKE A FEW ADDITIONAL SUG- GESTIONS.
1. THE MATTER FOR HUMANITARIAN CONCERN IS THE INCREASING PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL FORCED TO LEAVE VIETNAM BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY. SEEN FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW IT HAS NOT IMPORTANCE WHETHER THE DEPAR- TURE IS LEGAL OR ILLEGAL ACCORDING TO VIETNAMESE LAW.
CONSEQUENTLY, DENMARK PROPOSES DELETION OF THE WORD ''ILLEGAL'' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE PROPOSED TEXT TO THE JOINT DEMARCHE.
2. IN LINE WITH CPE/DUB 207 DENMARK WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE DEMARCHE EXPANDED AS FOLLOWS:
IN A HUMAN MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED HU-
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