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AM TO YO 281240Z JUN 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 335 OF 29 JUNE, 1979

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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON

SAVING HONG KONG AND HANOI

FOR NEWS DEPT.

TOKYO SUMMIT: INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES

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THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE SPECIAL STATEMENT ON

INFO-CHINESE REFUGEES

THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA POSES A HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS AND CONSITITUTES A THREAT TO THE PEACE AND STABILITY OF SOUTH EAST ASIA. GIVEN THE TRAGEDY AND SUFFERING WHICH ARE TOKING PLACE, THE PROBLEM

CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND MAJOR RESPONSE.

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THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT CALL ON VIETNAM AND OTHER

COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA TO TAKE URGENT AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES

SO THAT THE PRESENT HUMAN HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING ARE ELIMINATED.

THEY CONFIRM THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACH TO THE IMMEDIATE

CESSATION OF THE DISORDERLY OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES WITHOUT PREJUDICE

TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE EMIGRATION AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION.

THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED WILL, AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL

EFFORT, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDOCHINESE

REFUGEE RELIEF AND RE-SETTLEMENT BY MAKING MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE

AND BY ADMITTING MORE PEOPLE, WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE

EXISTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN EACH OF THEIR

COUNTRIES.

THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT REQUEST THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO CONVENE A CONFERENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

WITH A VIEW TO ATTAINING CONCRETE AND POSITIVE RESULTS. THEY

EXTEND FULL SUPPORT TO THIS OBJECTIVE AND ARE READY TO PARTICIPATE

CONSTRUCTIVELY IN SUCH A CONFERENCE.

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