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ARRANGE AND MIGHT WELL FORM PART OF AN EARLY PROGRAMME OF RETURNING VOLUNTEERS TO VIETNAM. IN THE SHORT TERM, EVEN THE RETURN OF SMALL NUMBERS OF VOLUNTEERS WOULD HAVE MAJOR PRESENTATIONAL AND DETERRENT IMPACT. IN THE LONGER TERM STRUCTURED REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE, THROUGH UNHCR, SEEMS TO US AN INEVITABLE PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE POST-16 JUNE ARRIVALS. IN NEXT MONTH'S TALKS WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO INDICATE OUR READINESS TO CONTEMPLATE SUCH
THEIR ACCEPTANCE IN ASSISTANCE, BUT ONLY IF THE VIETNAMESE SIGNAL PRINCIPLE OF A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION (SEE PARA 6 ABOVE). 11. WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER THE TIME IS YET RIPE TO BE THINKING EVEN OF PILOT OR MODEL SCHEMES: WE WOULD NEED TO SEE HOW FORTHCOMING THE VIETNAMESE ARE AND HOW UNHCR REACT TO THE THAT SAID, WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR THINKING ON REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE. MIFT CONTAINS OUR THOUGHTS.
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