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2. MAIN POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) LORD CARRINGTON HOPED THAT THE UN CONFERENCE WOULD PRODUC

ENHANCED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNHCR AND ADMISSIONS FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT, PARTICULARLY FROM COUNTRIES WHO HAD SO FAR

DONE LITTLE OR NOTHING. THE FACT THAT THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE

AT ALL WAS ALSO AN IMPLICIT CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAM.

(B) THE INHUMAN POLICIES OF VIETNAM WERE THE ORIGIN OF THIS

EXODUS. THEY MERIT WORLD WIDE CONDEMNATION.

(C) HE HAD NATURALLY EXPRESSED TO THE MALAYSIANS CONCERN ABOUT

THE BLOCKADE BUT HE FULLY RECOGNISED THE ENORMOUS PROBLEMS THEY

FACED. HE HOPED THE CONFERENCE WOULD ALLEVIATE THEIR PROBLEMS, AS WELL AS THOSE OF HONG KONG.

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