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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1991
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE VMS TO GO HOME VOLUNTARILY: GOVERNOR
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GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO GO BACK TO VIETNAM.
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"THAT MUST BE THE BEST THING, BOTH FOR THEM AND FOR
SAID THE GOVERNOR WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE PRESS ELSE, ISLANDS DISTRICT.
AFTER
EVERYBODY VISITING
SIR
WITH DAVID POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED
KNOW THAT IF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WOULD
THAT THEY WERE NOT REFUGEES, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE RESETTLED, AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO THE UNITED STATES AS THEY HAD WISHED.
"SO WE MUST TRY AND PERSUADE THEM THAT THEY SHOULD VOLUNTEER TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN HOMES," HE ADDED,
THE WHOLE IT WOULD
START
THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT HAVE AN EXACT TIMETABLE FOR
MIGRANTS, PROCESS OF
BUT RETURNING VIETNAMESE RELATIVELY SOON WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOUBLE BACKERS.
NOTIFIED IN THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THE PRESS WOULD BE
AND "WE WILL BE DOING IT OPENLY ADVANCE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS, ADDING: THERE WILL BE PRESS FACILITIES.
ON THE CRITICISM REGARDING THE TIMING FOR COMMENTING
THIS IS SIMPLY BACK
PEOPLE, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "I DON'T THINK SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT OFF WAITING FOR A BETTER OCCASION; WAITING THINGS TO CHANGE IN VIETNAM.
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FOR
"BUT, I DO THINK IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING THAT IN INDO-CHINA AS WHOLE, THINGS ARE CHANGING; THAT THERE IS ECONOMIC REFORM IN THAT
UNITED STATES ARE BEGINNING THE
ABOUT TO TALK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS," SIR DAVID SAID.
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VIETNAM; ESTABLISHING
ENDING OF OF THE
THE GOVERNOR HOPED THAT THIS WOULD SOON LEAD TO AN
IMPROVEMENT UNITED STATES EMBARGO, AND THEREFORE TO AN VIETNAMESE ECONOMY.
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PEOPLE IN DEAL
"BUT DON'T LET US BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SIMPLY LEAVE CAMPS FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE TO
" HE ADDED. WITH THE PROBLEM AND TRY TO DEAL WITH IT NOW,
ON THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, SIR DAVID SAID WE NEED REFLECT ON THIS AND WORK OUT THE BEST WAY FORWARD.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING WHICH HAD TO BE AT VERY CAREFULLY AND IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE.
TIME TO
LOOKED
WHAT THE FINAL APPEAL GET PEOPLE
"I THINK WE NOW NEED TIME, ALL OF US, TO REFLECT ON BEST WAY FORWARD IS; WE ALL WANT TO SET UP A COURT OF HERE AS SOON AS WE CAN; GET IT GOING BEFORE BEFORE 1997; ACCUSTOMED TO IT. WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO DO WELL AS WHAT IS THE MOST DESIRABLE THING TO DO," HE SAID.
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