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TELNO 346 OF 31MAY
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INFO XUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE JAKARTA MAMILA HONGKONG
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UKMIS NEWYORK, UKMIS GENEVA PEKING MOSCOW WASHINGTON HANOI MODUK (D14)
INFO SAVING CANBERRA WELLINGTON PARIS BONN UKREP BRUSSELS.
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INDO-CHINA REFUGEES.
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1. IN AN ADDRESS TO THE BANGKOK BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TODAY, WHICH ATTENDED, GENERAL SAIYUD KERDPHOL (CHIEF OF STAFF, ROYAL THAI ARMED FORCES) SUPREME COMMAND)) DEPARTED FROM HIS MAIN SUBJECT, INSURGENCY, AND SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THE REFUGES PROBLEM.
2. ALTHOUGH STRESSING THAT HE WAS SPEAKING IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY,
GENERAL SAIYUD SPOKE VERY MUCH IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION RECORDED
IN MY TELEGRAM NO. 334. HE REFERRED TO THE NEED FOR URGENT ACTION
BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND PUT FORWARD THE FOLLOWING FIVE-
POINT PROPOSALS :-
(A) INCREASED MATERIAL AND ECONOMIC HELP FOR THAILAND.
(B) THE CREATION OF MORE TEMPORARY CENTRES, EG PROCESSING ISLANDS, (C) INCREASED THIRD COUNTRY RE-SETTLEMENT, ESPECIALLY BY THE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. PRESSURE ON CHINA TO ACCEPT ETHNIC
CHINESE REFUGEES.
(D) NEGOTIATIONS WITH VIETNAM TO REGULARISE THE FLOW, COMBINED WITH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE AGAINST THOSE COUNTRIES
RESPONSIBLE.
(E)
THE CALLING OF AN EMERGENCY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, THE EVENTUAL AIM BEING TO CREATE CONDITIONS IN KAMPUCHEA WHICH
WOULD FACILITATE THE RETURN OF MANY OF THE REFUGEES TO THEIR
HOMELAND.
3. WHILE UNDERLINING THE URGENCY AND DANGERS OF THE PROBLEM,
GENERAL SAIYD THOUGHT THAT THE VIETNAMESE MAY HAVE OVER-REACHED
THEMSELVES ON THIS OCCASION AND SHOWN THE TRUE COLOURS OF
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM. HE COMMENTED UNFAVOURABLY ON THE UNDP
GRANT OF US DOLLARS 50 MILLION TO VIETNAM FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
REDEVELOPMENT WHICH HE LIKENED TO GIVING A LORRY-LOAD OF
LOLLIPOPS TO A NAUGHTY BOY . HE ALSO ADDED THAT ANY OTHER AID
GIVEN BY THE FREE WORLD TO CAMBODIA WOULD BE USED EITHER TO
SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE 15 VIETNAMESE DIVISIONS IN CAMBODIA,
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