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STR 237-05 YOUR EXCELLENCY I WISH TO REFER TO THE URGENT QUESTION OF

REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA DURING MY RECENT

SSION TO SOUTH EAST ASIA THE LEADERS OF THESE COUNTRIES RAISED

THIS QUESTION THE ACUTE HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM

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POSED BY THE LARGE OUTFLOW OF PEOPLE UPROOTED FROM INDOCHINA IS A

SOURCE OF THE MOST SERIOUS CONCERN TO GOVERNMENTS AND TO THE UNITED

NATIONS THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA

IN SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTIRES OF FIRST ASYLUM HAS BEEN INCREASING

SINCE 1975 AND HAS DRAMATICALLY

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FAUNACHSTES DIRECTORAT

RISEN SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1978 LAST MONTH ALONE MORE THAN 25,000

''BOAT PEOPLE' ARRIVED IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE REGION AND TENS

OF THOUSANDS CROSSED THE BORDER INTO THAILAND WHILE IN THE SAME

MONTH

ONLY 8,400 LEFT THE REGION FOR COUNTRIES OF RESETTLEMENT FIGURES FOR

MAY INDICATE THAT AN

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