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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988

HOWEVER, GUARANTEES FOR ANY LARGE NUMBERS WHO MIGHT GO BACK HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED AT THIS STAGE.

MR DAVIES SAID HE THOUGHT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON IT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

"THEY ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF IT. AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO CONSIDER IT SERIOUSLY

THEY HAVE ΤΟ CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE, HE SAID.

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ASKED WHETHER VIETNAM WAS PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION, MR DAVIES SAID HANOI STATED THAT IT DID SO, AND IT CERTAINLY HAD BEEN PUNISHING THOSE WHO HAD BEEN ORGANISING THE EXODUS.

THE GOVERNMENT PUNISHED THOSE WHO ACTUALLY TRIED TO MAKE OUT OF IT. AND THERE HAD BEEN SOME CORRUPTION WHICH AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH, HE SAID.

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"BUT THEY SAID TO ME THAT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE COUNTRY, THE LENGTH OF COASTLINE, AND THE NUMBER OF FISHING BOATS WHICH PLY AROUND THE VIETNAMESE SHORES EVERY DAY, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO POLICE IT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY PREVENT ANYONE LEAVING, HE SAID.

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"THEY SAID TO ME RECENTLY THAT THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION BEST THING THEY COULD DO IN THE SHORT TERM AT LEAST, WAS TO FACILITATE WHAT THEY CALL. THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME.

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"AND I WAS TOLD THE INSTRUCTION HAD GONE OUT VERY FIRMLY ΤΟ THE PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO GET RID OF ANY UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES.

"AND IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE WORKING IN THE SENSE THAT THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME IS DEVELOPING.

"AS FAR AS THE UK IS CONCERNED, WE'VE HAD MORE PROPLE FROM THE ODP LIST GETTING TO THE UK THIS YEAR ALREADY THAN THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR.

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'BUT WHETHER THAT IS THEN HAVING A KNOCK-ON EFFECT ON THE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS ANOTHER QUESTION, MR DAVIES SAID.

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