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FM UKREP BRUSSELS 251749Z JUL 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 4159 OF 25 JULY

INFO IMMEDIATE ODM(FOR BUIST VEREKER

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COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (DEPUTIES): 25 JULY

SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES: FOLLOW-UP TO THE 24 JULY COUNCIL

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1. 2700 TONNES OF RICE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR CAMBODIAN REFUGEES

IN VIETNAM FROM THE 1979 VIETNAM FOOD AID PROGRAMME. NO DECISION

ON HOW TO PAY FOR THE 28,202 TONNES OF RICE PROMISED TO THE UN-

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN PEFUGEES IN

TRANSIT: THE COMMISSION WILL PROVIDE IT WITHOUT SUCH A DECISION,

WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL NOW HAVE TO TKAE IN SEPTEMBER, WRITTEN

ROOCEDURE AGREED TO REACH A QUICK DECISION ON THE FINANCIAL AID

ELEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS ENDORSED BY THE 24 JULY

COUNCIL.

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2. SEVEN DELEGATIONS COULD ACCEPT THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR

FINANCING THE AID AGREED BY THE COUNCIL ON 94. JULY FOR UNHCR FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES (PAGE 7 OF COM(79) 442). THE

GERMANS RESERVED THEIR POSITION. WE SAID WE COULD ACCEPT ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS EXCEPT THE VIREMENT

OF 10.2 MEUA TO ALLOW 18, 828 TONNES OF RICE TO BE ADDED TO THE

1979 FOOD AID PROGRAMME. IN OUR VIEW ALL THE FOOD AID REQUIRED

COULD BE FOUND FROM THE 1979 VIETNAM ALLOCATION OR THE 1979 FOOD

AID RESERVE.

3. THE 2,700 TONNES OF RICE FOR CAMBODIAN REFUGEES IN VIETNAM PROPOSED IN COM(72)420 WILL GO AHEAD. THE DANES, THE DUTCH AND

THE ITALIANS COULD NOT AGREE TO USE OF 10,000 TONNES OF RICE

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