made the first visit to Vietnam by a British Minister in April. His message was, in essence, that Vietnam cannot
expect to be treated as a respectable member of the international community until it gets this problem under
control. We continue to press the Vietnamese to meet their responsibilities.
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At the same time we are looking urgently with other countries at an international response to the problem
resettlement for the refugees, and repatriation for the great majority who are not genuine refugees. We hope to
make progress on this at an International Conference in
Geneva in June.
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Hong Kong its future and its current problems is
one of the top priorities of British foreign policy, and has been one of the main items in my personal agenda since I became Foreign Secretary six years ago. We are fully committed to maintaining the Hong Kong success story. have every confidence that we shall achieve this.
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