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12 JUL 1988
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MIPT: YOUR TELNO 2672: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: PROPOSALS FOR
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
ASEAN AND DIALOGUE PARTNERS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE
RECENT INCREASE IN INDOCHINESE REFUGEES. THEY AGREED THAT THE
PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED AT ITS SOURCE AND THAT MORE INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES WILL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED TO DEAL WITH THE
CONTINUING PROBLEM. THE ASEAN CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES IN MARCH 1988 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UN
FOUND ONLY CAUTIOUS SUPPOPRT WITH THE DIALOGUE PARTNERS.
SECRETARY OF STATE SHULTZ POINTED OUT THAT SUCH A CONFERENCE
MUST BE WELL PREPARED TO ACHIEVE CONSTRUCTIVE RESULTS. IN THE
MEANTIME A MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP SHOULD BE INSTALLED
DISCUSS A COMPREHENSIVE REFUGEE STRATEGY. THE COMMISSION
EXPRESSED THE VIEWS THAT THE EC COULD ONLY AGREE TO AN
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IF ITS SUBJECT WAS WELL DEFINED AND IF
IT WAS WELL PREPARED. THE MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINED THAT A WORKING GROUP WITHIN ASEAN HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THAT HE WILL VISIT VIETNAM IN AUGUST TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM THERE.
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