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1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF UNHCR'S SUCCESTED PLAN OF ACTION AND

CONCLUSION:

BEGINS

SUCGESTED PLAN OF ACTION

37. TO REGOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN THE AREA, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ANY PLAN OF ACTION ADDRESS ITSELF TO THE SITUATION IN ITS TOTALITY AND

DE COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS, THE OBJECTIVES TO BE

ACHIEVED. ARE:

FIRST, THAT WISE AND HUMAME MEASURES ARE TAKEN BY THOSE

CONCERNED TO REMEDY A SITUATION IN WHICH THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS

OF INDO-CHINESE LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN THE PRESENT MANNER,

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SECOND, THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION WHERE THE REFUGEES ARRIVE

NEED TO RESPOND, AND BE ENABLED TO RESPOND, IN A MANNER THAT PREVENTS APPALLING TRAGEDY, EVERY HYDANITARIAN PRINCIPLE REQUIRES THAT

PEFUGEES NOT RE TURNED AWAY AND FORCED INTO SITUATIONS THAT FUR--

THER ENDANGER THEIR LIVES.

THIRD, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, IN ITS WIDEST SENSE, MUST UNITE IN A TRULY CO-OPERATIVE AND CONCERTED ENDEAVOUR SO THAT ACTIONS AND COMMITMENTS, OF AN ON-GOING CHARACTER, DO INDEED GIVE THE REFUGEES THE CHANCE OF NEW LIVES AND ALSO PROVIDE THE REASSUR- ANCE THAT THE COUNTRIES OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA NEED AS LONG AS THE PROBLEM LASTS.

30. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO MEET THE FIRST OF THESE OBJECTIVES IN ORDER THAT THE EXODUS DOES NOT CITINUC IN THE PRESENT APPALLING MANIER, THIS IS A REGPONSIBILITY OF THE COVERIMENTS CONCERNED.

139. NOTHING