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FM CANBERRA 960630Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 622 OF 6 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON
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1. MEMBER OF CHANCERY SAW SCOTT, DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
SECTION, DFA AND WYNDHAM, HEAD, INDO-CHINA SECTION, DFA.
AUSTRALIAN BRIEF IS INCOMPLETE BUT FOLLOWING POINTS EMERGED.
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THE MOST AUSTRALIA EXPECTS FROM THIS SHORT MEETING IS GREATER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UNHCR AND A FULLE INTERNATIONAL
APPRECIATION OF THE PROBLEM FACING THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN
COUNTRIES INVOLVED. IN THE LONGER TERM THEY HOPE THAT MORE COUNTRIES (INCLUDING SOME OUTSIDE THE REGION) WILL TAKE REFUGEES, PRESENT RECIPIENTS INCREASE THEIR INTAKE AND VIETNAM REDUCE THE OUTFLOW,
За THE LINE TO BE TAKEN BY THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION IS
NOT YET DECIDED. HE MAY WELL RECOUNT THE DENIA BY THE
VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR, SUMMONED TO THE DFA ON 2 NOVEMBER, THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THE ESCAPE OF REFUGEES.
OFFICIALS SEE THE NEED FOR AUSTRALIA TO STRIKE 4 BALANCE
BETWEEN PRESSING VIETNAM TO CO-OPERATE IN CONTROLLING THE
OUTFLOW AND AUSTRALIA'S WISH TO AVOID DAMAGING DILATER!!
RELATIONS THROUGH CRITICISING VIETNAM TOO LOUDLY. THEY THINK
VIETNAMESE CO-OPERATION MAY BE ENCOURAGED THROUGH THE CARROT
OF AID, BY CONVINCING THE VIETNAMESE OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO
HER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BY THE UNCONTROLLED EXODUS AND,
POSSIBLY, BY AN UNDERTAKING TO VIETNAM BY RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
TO RECEIVE PERSONS WISHING TO LEAVE VIETNAM (INCLUDING CAMBODIANS WHO HAVE CROSSED INTO VIETNAM) IF THE VIETNAMESE
WILL IMPLEMENT AGREED CONTROLS.
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