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DEVELOPMENTS OF THE QUESTION OF CAMBODIA. IN PARTICULAR THE GROUP HAD AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON VIETNAM'S EXPRESSED
INTENTION TO WITHDRAW 50 000 TROOPS FROM CAMBODIA BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND ITS WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FORTHCOMING DJAKARTA MEETING (DJAKARTA COCKTAIL).
A PARTNER ASKED FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITIES OF ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE KEEPING FORCE AFTER THE FULL WITHDRAWAL OF THE VIETNAMESE TROOPS AND OF CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE REFUGEES. PARTNERS EXPRESSED THEIR CAUTION THAT THIS IS PREMATURE AT
THE PRESENT STAGE.
3. VIETNAM/INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
THE GROUP HAD AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE PROBLEM OF THE INCREASING FLOW OF BOAT PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM. THE GROUP
AGREED THAT IT WAS TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF VIETNAM TO
ENSURE THE RETURN OF THOSE REFUGEES WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF POLITICAL REFUGEES. FOR THIS PURPOSE, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A DEMARCHE OF THE TWELVE SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN IHANOI. NEVERTHELESS THIS DEMARCHE SHOULD NOT BE LINKED WITH
THE FOOD AID MATTER.
4. PHILIPPINES
THE GROUP DISCUSSED THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AS WELL AS THE RECENT
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS THAT CAN DESTABILIZE DEMOCRACY IN THAT COUNTRY. LAND REFORM LAW SHOULD BE PUT INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC AID SHOULD BE CHANNELED THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (AEI, WORLD BANK).
5. KOREAN PENINSULA
THE GROUP HAD AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE RECENT INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH KOREA. ONE PARTNER EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT THERE ARE SIGNS OF CHANGE IN THE SOUTH KOREAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS NORTH KOREA. THE GROUP DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES BEFORE A RELEVANT ASSESSMENT COULD BE MADE.
THE PARTNERS EXCHANGED INFORMATION REGARDING THE
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