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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY BANGKOK
TELNO 146
OF 12120OZ APRIL 88
AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, TOKYO AND TO PRIORITY CANBERRA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA AND TO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, HONG KONG
067541
MDLOAN 4650
INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES: ICG MEETING
1.
2.
FCO TELNO 143
CORRECTION. PARAGRAPH 7 OF TUR SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:
7.
COMMENT.
·
THE UNHCR
FOR
DESPITE THE ACRIMONY THIS WAS A USEFUL MEETING. HAS AT LAST OUTLINED PROPOSALS ON AN AID PACKAGE VIETNAM AND THE WAY IS NOW OPEN FOR THEM TO SOUND OUT THE VIETNAMESE. THERE WAS AGREEMENT ON THE NEED TO STEP UP PRESSURE ON VIETNAM THROUGH DIALOGUE, ALTHOUGH THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON A BILATERAL BASIS FOR THE TIME BEING.
THERE WAS ALSO AGREEMENT THAT ASEAN SHOULD BE URGED TO DO
MORE IN THIS DIRECTION. THE NEWS OF A POSSIBLE JOINT ASEAN APPROACH (KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 3 TO OTTAWA OF 7 APRIL, NOT TO ALL) WAS NOTED WITH INTEREST. FINALLY, FACED WITH
THE CONTINUING OUTFLOW OF MIGRANTS THE AGREEMENT TO
TOLERATE A TOUGHER APPROACH FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET
REFUGEE CRITERIA, INDICATES AN INCREASED WILLINGNESS BY
ICG MEMBERS TO CONSIDER FURTHER PRACTICAL RESPONSES TO
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
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