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b) The UK would call a follow-up meeting with

the ASEAN

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tries and those present at the

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Wednesday meeting on Thursday 19 July at 10 am.

c) There should be further meetings in the margins of the conference of appropriate countries

to discuss specific subjects.'

d) There might be a working dinner to review

progress on the evening of Friday 20 July.

The meeting agreed that the following working papers should be prepared for discussion at the meeting on 18 July:

Lie processing centres which we agreed way to in a) Transit centres, including location, funding

and use. (Paper to be prepared by US representatives). b) Safety of life at sea and related issues, including first port of call. (UK to prepare). c) Possible ways of putting pressure on the Vietnamese including

including a Japanese proposal that

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Vietnam' should be asked to accept independent observers eg from the ICRC, (Japan to prepare). a) Political follow-up, including possible resource to the Security Council, plus the draft of a declaration which might be made by some

of the participants. after and outside the

conference about the root causes of the problem. (Australia to prepare).

e) Ways of increasing resettlement places in developing countries, especially Latin America, including financial inducements. (US to prepare). f) The problem of land refugees in Thailand,

including probable famine in Cambodia. (French to prepare).

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