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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : PROPOSALS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
SECRETARY OF STATE SHULTZ IS CALLING ON ME TOMORROW. HE HAS BEEN
WIDELY REPORTED AS EXPRESSING ENTHUSIASM FOR ASEAN PROPOSALS TO CONVENE A UN SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES AND
IS HIMSELF PROPOSING THAT A JOINT WORKING GROUP BE SET UP TO BEGIN
IMMEDIATE CONSULTATIONS TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
2. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF, BEFORE I SEE SHULTZ, I COULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE OFFICE'S CURRENT THINKING ON THE QUESTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. FROM HONG KONG'S POINT OF VIEW, THERE ARE OF COURSE CLEAR ADVANTAGES IN ANY RE-EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF THE INFORMAL UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED AT GENEVA IN 1979
AND IN HONG KONG BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS PARTICULARLY IF THE CONFERENCE CAN AVOID GETTING BOGGED DOWN IN THE CAMBODIA ISSUE. I REALISE THAT IT IS EARLY DAYS YET, AND THAT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORMAL PROPOSALS HAS YET EMERGED, BUT ANY INDICATION YOU CAN GIVE ME AT THIS STAGE WOULD BE USEFUL.
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