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LE MAI REVEALED THAT HE HAD BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS FROM SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES. HE HAD, IN PARTICULAR, MET WITH THE HONG KONG DELEGATION TO VIETNAM, AND HAD ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS
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LE MAI SAID THAT FOR A NUMBER OF VERY SOUND REASONS, THE VIETNAMESE POSITION REMAINED THAT THEY COULD ONLY DEAL WITH THOSE WANTED TO RETURN VOLUNTARILY.
LE MAI ARGUED AT LENGTH THAT EVEN WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE VIETNAM COULD NOT DEAL WITH THE SUDDEN MASS RETURN OF LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE NOW HELD IN HOLDING CAMPS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. THERE WAS MUCH ORGANISATIONAL WORK TO BE DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND RESETTLEMENT SERVICES HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED AND CO-ORDINATED.
IF PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO GO BACK THERE WOULD BE PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT EVEN COMMIT SUICIDE. BESIDES, LE MAI ASKED RHETORICALLY, WOULD
IT BE POSSIBLE TO PUSH THEM ONTO PLANES AT GUN POINT?
IT SEEMED THAT THE BEST PROCEDURE WOULD BE TO GET A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE BACK AND THEN TO WIDELY PUBLICISE THEIR RETURN. HE FELT THAT ONCE PEOPLE STARTED COMING BACK THE OUTFLOW WOULD BE STOPPED OR AT LEAST CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. THE RETURNEES WOULD THEN WRITE TO THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN HOLDING CAMPS, PROVIDING THE MOST ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE NOT BEING HARASSED OR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. THIS WOULD, IN QUE COURSE, ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GO BACK VOLUNTARILY.
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LE MAI SAID THAT THE NAMES OF 100 VOLUNTEERS HAD ALREADY BEEN PASSED BY THE UK TO UNHCR AND THESE WOULD BE PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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LE MAI UNDERLINED THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE RETURNEES. ASKED TO DEFINE WHAT FORM THAT ASSISTANCE MIGHT TAKE, HE SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT COVER THINGS SUCH AS INITIAL ACCOMMODATION, FOOD SUPPLIES, BUT ALSO SMALL SCALE JOB CREATION SCHEMES AND POSSIBLY COTTAGE INDUSTRIES.
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