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former President, Dr Raul Alfonsin, namely agreement to set aside the issue of sovereignty and not to challenge the Falkland Islands Interim Conservation and Management Zone. It was possible that the discussions might not get beyond first base. But it was right to test the Argentines' offer since at first sight it appeared to be close to the conditions the British Government had set.
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Vietnamese Boat People
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY said that negotiations w under way with the Vietnamese Government on the return toetnam of the first group of boat people from Hong Kong who, stretly speaking, were not volunteers. The story had begun to appear in the British press. It was important to note the following points: all those to be repatriated had completed a lengthy seeping and appeal process in accordance with the procedure of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) ansat national practice; the Vietnamese Government had given
nces that those returned would be treated humanely and
conditions could be monitored after returning; theas no question of using force; British policy was consistent with the terms of the plan agreed at the recent International Conference in Geneva which accepted that all non-refugees
return to their country of origin;
reintegration assistaceould be on the same scale as paid to volunteers by UNHCR.
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themselves deported people Nicaragua.
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The effectiveness been reaffirmed. inflation, which
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ad been such a
THE PRIME MINISTER said that the Economic Summit meeting in Paris on 14/16 July had gone extremely well. of sound economic and monetary policies had There had been a firm commitment to bring was increasing in all the Group of Seveh countries, and to resist protectionism. broad measure of agreement on economic questions that it had been possible to have a full discussion of important issues. On the environment, there wasement to a British proposal for a framework climate convert strengthening existing bodies. The communique contained some useful language on the environment and there had clear common determination to act together. Similarly proposals on drugs had been well received, and there had
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