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REFERENCES

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31 May

21 June

28 June

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28 June

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30 June

Letter from Prime Minister to Dr Waldbetm

Answer by Prime Minister to Mr Lawrence

Tokyo Summit Special Statement on Indo

Chinese refugees

Mr Blaker's speech in reply to the Adjournment

(Mr Goodlad)

Dr Waldheim's statement on an international

meeting

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3 July

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Prime Minister's Answers to Supplementaries

Prime Minister's Replies to Dr Waldheim.

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION IN SECURITY COUNCIL

1.

On the last two occasions, in January and March, when the

Council debated events in Indo-China, the Soviet Union cast its

veto.

VIETNAMESE POLICY

2. We have made clear to the Vietnamese Government our concern at

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their callous behaviour. We have also urged other countries to

bring their influence to bear in the interest of getting the

Vietnamese to abandon the policies which have obliged so many of

their population to leave.

VIETNAM COLLABORATES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

3. At present we can place little reliance on Vietnamese

declarations of readiness to collaborate with the International

Community. They attended the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

conference in Geneva Last December and the Jakarta conference

in February to consider an island processing centre for refugees.

But the flow of boat people has not abated: it has in fact

increased.

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