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case assumption that all those screened out will have to
be returned compulsorily by means of a bilateral
programme and that payments of at least $620 per person
will be needed. On that basis, there could be a
requirement, spread over a number of years, for up to
£14 million, although our objective would be to move away
from per capita payments towards more general assistance
to the communities concerned. We would envisage
instituting a review of the arrangements during 1990 as
required by your predecessor in his letter of 29 June.
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(d) Mandatory repatriation: financial assistance to
Vietnam
8. In order to ensure the continued cooperation of
Vietnam over non voluntary repatriation, it will in my
judgement be necessary to provide additional financial
assistance to Vietnam in the form of aid to the
communities to which the boat people would return. The
amount involved would be the subject of negotiation
between ourselves and the Vietnamese. Our aim would
But I
obviously be to keep this as small as possible.
believe that a sum of at least £5 million will be needed
if it is to make any political impact on the Vietnamese
Government.
Such a payment would be spread over a number
of years and would of course be subject to there being a
steady and substantial flow of non-volunteers to Vietnam,
and to there being evidence that the Vietnamese were
deterring any further exodus of boat people, as set out
in the Comprehensive Plan of Action. The content of any
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