FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988
MR BARNES ADDED THAT THEY DISCUSSED WITH THE VIETNAMESE THE METHOD OF RETURN, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE VIA BANGKOK OR DIRECT TO HANOI AND THE VIETNAMESE WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOUR OF DIRECT FLIGHTS ΤΟ HANOI.
HE SAID IT WAS PERFECTLY ALRIGHT FROM THE DELEGATION'S POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE THEY WOULD SEE THIS AS CHARTERED FLIGHTS.
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BUT WE WOULD SEE ALSO THE UNHCR AND THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS ACTUALLY BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE RETURNS, IN LINE WITH THE MECHANISM WHICH DOES IN FACT ALREADY EXIST FOR SOME OF THESE RETURNS.
"WE ALSO ASKED THE VIETNAMESE ABOUT THE SIZE OF PLANES THAT SHOULD BE USED. THEY PREFERRED TO HAVE MEDIUM-SIZE PLANES. THEY ALSO MADE THE POINT THAT THEY WOULD FIND VERY LARGE NUMBERS, VERY LARGE BATCHES, RATHER UNWIELDY, AND OF COURSE THE MEDIUM-SIZE PLANES WOULD FIT IN WITH THAT, MR BARNES SAID.
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"THE UNHCR AND THE VIETNAMESE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THE FORM OF ASSISTANCE. THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN WHICH WE SEE VERY MUCH THE UNHCR PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE HERE.
WE ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT LIMITED ASSISTANCE, NOT GREAT QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM," MR BARNES STRESSED.
"IT'S LIMITED ASSISTANCE, PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE
FOOD, CLOTHING, PERHAPS THE TOOLS, PERHAPS MEANS OF MAKING MATERIAL FOR HOUSES, SOME PERHAPS LIMITED FORM OF SUBSISTENCE OR POCKET MONEY. BUT IT IS VERY MUCH INTEGRATION ASSISTANCE, RATHER THAN AID AS SUCH, HE POINTED OUT.
"THE MAIN AIM IS TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO BACK ΤΟ VIETNAM THEY DON'T ARRIVE ABSOLUTELY PENNILESS AND WITHOUT ANY MEANS OF SUPPORT, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THIS WOULD JUST BE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN FOR THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AND FOR THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
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"IT WOULD BE DEALT WITH ON A NEED BASIS. IT'S NOT GOING TO A PER CAPITA HAND-OUT. NOTHING LIKE THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED OR IS ENVISAGED, MR BARNES POINTED OUT.
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MR CLIFT ADDED THAT DETAILS WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT BUT THE UNHCR HAD GOT QUITE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING ON
THIS SORT OF THING.
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THEY WILL NO DOUBT WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN THE LIGHT OF THE PARTICULAR VIETNAMESE PROBLEM.
ASKED TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT, MR BARNES SAID: "I WOULD SAY ALMOST WITHOUT ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER IT'S GOING ΤΟ BE MUCH CHEAPER TO SEND PEOPLE BACK WITH ASSISTANCE THAN IT IS то THEM INDEFINITELY IN HONG KONG.
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