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OF 07103OZ JANUARY 92
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, HONG KONG
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INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON
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HANOI TELNOS 003 AND 006 AND TELECON HEWITT/CAMPBELL: VIETNAMESE
MIGRANTS: ORP II
SUMMARY
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WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT VIETNAMESE OBDURACY ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE LINKED TO ORP II. PLEASE ASK UNHCR IF THEY WOULD BE READY TO OFFER THE SAME SORT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN VIETNAM AS THEY HAVE ALREADY OFFERED UNDER ORP I.
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2. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO MAKE EARLY PROGRESS IN CONCLUDING THE ORP II MODALITIES AGREEMENT. WE NEED TO FIND SOME WAY OF SATISFYING THE VIETNAMESE REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO WHICH THOSE REPATRIATED UNDER ORP II WOULD RETURN. LORD CAITHNESS WILL PURSUE THE ISSUE WITH THE VIETNAMESE DURING HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO HANOI, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE FIRST WITH UNHCR WHETHER THEY CAN HELP US OUT.
3. WE WERE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THE ORP I ARRANGEMENTS LAST OCTOBER BY SECURING AN ASSURANCE FROM UNHCR OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE LOCAL COMUNITIES TO WHICH THOSE REPATRIATED UNDER ORP I WOULD RETURN, THE MONEY BEING PAID DIRECTLY BY UNHCR TO THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES AND NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL
RETURNEES. WE HOPE UNHCR COULD ACCEPT THE SAME SORT OF ARRANGEMENT FOR ORP II (NON-VOLUNTARY) RETURNEES. THE NUMBERS INVOLVED IN THE FIRST MONTHS ARE LIKELY TO BE LOW WHILE SO MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE COMING FORWARD. BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE POINT THAT ALL THE SCREENED-OUT, IF THEY DO NOT VOLUNTEER, WILL RETURN TO VIETNAM. OTHERWISE, THEY MIGHT CONCLUDE THAT THEY COULD SIT IT OUT IN HONG KONG.
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WE NOTE (PARAGRAPH 4 OF FIRST TUR) THAT THE VIETNAMESE ARE EXPECTING ASSISTANCE OVER AND ABOVE THAT PROVIDED BY UNHCR AND THE EC. THIS SEEMS OVER THE TOP. WE RECOGNISE THAT THE
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