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APPROACH FOR THE SRV GIVEN ITS EMPHASIS ON BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS.
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PROGRESSIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS MEASURES SUCH AS SCREENING AND THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN, SOME OF WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, THAILAND AND MALAYSIA ARE UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT A STAGGERED IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES.
IN OUR VIEW THEIR POSITION DOES NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE LIKELY TIME REQUIRED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A RETURN PACKAGE, AND RUNS THE RISK THAT IN THE MEANTIME THE REGION COULD BE FLOODED WITH YET ANOTHER OUTFLOW OF BOAT PEOPLE IN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD OF NECESSITY RAISE AGAIN THE CIRCULAR PROBLEMS OF MAINTENANCE OF FIRST ASYLUM AND FURTHER PRESSURE FOR LARGE SCALE RESETTLEMENT.
THE QUESTION OF DEVELOPMENT OF A REPATRIATION/HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PACKAGE IS COMPLEX, NOT LEAST BECAUSE OF PROBABLE ASEAN LINKAGE BETWEEN ITS ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM'S COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING A SATSIFACTORY REGIONAL OUTCOME TO DEVELOPMENTS IN KAMPUCHEA AND MOVEMENT ON THE OUTFLOW PROBLEM.
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THERE ARE HOWEVER SOME SIGNS THAT THE ASEAN STATES, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, MAY BE PREPARED TO CONTEMPLATE A REPATRIATION/ ASSISTANCE PACKAGE
WE HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED WHAT ROLE AUSTRALIA SHOULD PURSUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. WE WELCOME THE INITIATIVE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND THE STATED WILLINGNESS OF THE FIRST
AT THE ASYLUM COUNTRIES TO PURSUE THE ISSUE IN PRACTICAL WAYS. SAME TIME WE NEED TO PURSUE A COURSE WHICH PRESERVES OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS. THE ROLE THAT THE IGC WILL HAVE IN RELATION TO
THE NEXT MEETING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONFERENCE IS STILL UNCLEAR.
IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER/NOVEMBER IN TOKYO. TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, NO IGC PARTNER IS INTENDING TO PROPOSE AN EARLIER MEETING ALTHOUGH THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENTS COULD PERHAPS BE ARGUED TO WARRANT ONE. WE NOTE BANGKOK'S SUGGESTION THAT THE NEXT IGC MIGHT BE HELD IN EARLY OCTOBER, (0.BK 97011).
7. AS INDICATED IN 0.CE 574394 WE WANT DETAILED REPORTING ON THE ATTITUDES OF HOST GOVERNMENTS. WE WOULD LIKE POSTS TO PURSUE IN PARTICULAR THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC ISSUES:
HANOI (UNDERLINED) SHOULD TAKE AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO PROBE THE SRV'S THINKING, INCLUDING
'VOLUNTARY'
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ELABORATION OF THACH'S DEFINITION OF VIETNAM'S THINKING ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PREPARED TO CONSIDER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OR IS IT LOOKING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ASSISTANCE
HOW COMMITTED IS HANOI TO THE NOTION OF LIMITING NEGOTIATIONS TO THE FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES?
WOULD THESE
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