TNAG-0893-FCO40-1103-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 179

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for ORAL answer on 11 July 1979

SEAD

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

14.

NOEN ON WEDNESDAY

4 JUNE 1979.

JULY

Mr Peter Hordern (Horsham and Crawley): To ask the Lord Privy Seal, whether he will now bring the conduct of the Government of Vietnam before the Security Council of the United Nations.

The Government has made clear its abhorrence of the conduct of the Vietnamese authorities in forcing so many of its population to flee the country, causing tragic loss of Life amongst the refugees and serious problems where they land. These problems will be considered at the special meeting called by the United Nations Secretary General in Geneva on 20-21 July. I believe it would be premature to raise the matter in the Security Council until the outcome of that Conference is known.

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