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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989

REGION

"IT IS EXPECTED THAT A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (CPA)

PROBLEMS IN THE DESIGNED TO RESOLVE THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE WILL BE ENDORSED AT THE CONFERENCE, HE SAID.

"I

"I CANNOT PRETEND THAT THE CPA PROVIDES ALL WE HOPE TO FOR HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF REPATRIATION.

ACHIEVE

"ON

СРА THE REPATRIATION, REPATRIATION

NON-REFUGEES OF ALL OPERATIONALLY, IT WILL BE ON A VOLUNTARY AND ONLY IF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION IS FOUND ALTERNATIVES BE CONSIDERED.

PROVIDES BACK TO VIETNAM.

BASIS AT LEAST

IN

PRINCIPLE

THE HOWEVER, INITIALLY,

TO BE INADEQUATE WOULD

"THE GOVERNMENT'S

BELIEVE AND HAVE

VIEW ON PUBLICLY SAID

IS REPATRIATION

WELL

KNOWN. WE

NON-REFUGEES IS THE LOGICAL AND ESSENTIAL THIS REMAINS OUR POSITION.

THAT MANDATORY

CONSEQUENCE

REPATRIATION

OF SCREENING.

OF

"GIVEN

THAT

MANDATORY

REPATRIATION

WILL

NOT

BE

AVAILABLE

QUICK AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONFERENCE, WE WOULD BE PRESSING FOR

VIEW TO EFFECTIVE MONITORING ACTION ON VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION WITH A

REPATRIATION, EXAMINING AND IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVES, I.E. MANDATORY

IS REPATRIATION AS

THAT AS SOON

VOLUNTARY IT IS CONCLUDED ADEQUATE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACED WITH IN HONG KONG.

MR BARNES SAID THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE NOT

ONLY AT THE CONFERENCE CONFERENCE ROOM,

THIS

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NOT

ITSELF BUT

PRESSING STRONGLY

ALSO OUTSIDE

FOR

THE

QUICKLY

"MOREOVER, WE SHALL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH

OF QUESTION

FOLLOW-UP ACTION AFTER VIETNAMESE DELEGATION THE

IF

WITH NECESSARY, BASIS

A VIEW BILATERAL CONFERENCE, ON A

AND

WHATEVER ALTERNATIVES EFFECTIVELY

HE SAID.

THE

THE

ΤΟ WHICH

"

ABUNDANTLY

CLEAR

FACED

THE

IMPLEMENTING MIGHT BE ADOPTED IN PLACE OF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION,

"IT WILL BE OUR INTENTION AT THE CONFERENCE TO MAKE

HONG IN SITUATION

KONG AND NOW THE CRITICAL INCREASINGLY HEAVY BURDEN WHICH WE ARE BEING FORCED TO ENDURE.

BE MADE "WE SHALL ALSO EMPHASISE THAT ARRANGEMENTS MUST VIETNAM TO ACCEPT ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO BACK ALL THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO ARE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES.

FOR

TAKE

MOTION IMMEDIATELY THE MATTER

OF

"WE SHALL FINALLY POINT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING IN

THESE IMPLEMENTING

MEASURES AN EFFECTIVE MACHINERY FOR

1TSELF ΤΟ AFTER THE CONFERENCE, WHICH MUST REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM OF PERSONS FOUND NOT BE REFUGEES.

ADDRESS

MUST BE

EFFECTIVELY IF "ALL THESE OBJECTIVES

ACHIEVED

IF IT IS ΤΟ ACHIEVE CONFERENCE IS TO BE JUDGED A SUCCESS AND

COMPREHENSIVE AND

SOLUTION то OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING DURABLE PROBLEMS OF VIETNAMESE SEEKING RESETTLEMENT.

THE

ITS

THE

"IN SHORT, THE PRESSURE ON HONG KONG HAS GOT TO BE REMOVED REMOVED QUICKLY."

AND

WHEN ASKED