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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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2. FOLLOWING WAS ADDED, WHERE APPROPRIATE, IN ANSWER TO SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS:
(A) THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS OFFERED TO COOPERATE WITH THE BURMESE AUTHORITIES TO AIRLIFT THE REFUGEES TO BURMA.
(B) THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION, INCLUDING THE UNHCR WHO HAS AN OBVIOUS INTEREST, AND THE BURMESE GOVERNMENT WHICH OWNS THE VESSEL.
C) DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE FUTURE OF THE REFUGEES BUT NO FINAL DECISIONS HAVE YET BEEN REACHED.
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