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WOULD HELP OUT. THE LARGE NUMBERS DROWNING HAD BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR
FOR THEM„
5. WE DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF FOLLOW-UP TO THE GENEVA CONFERENCE
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE BOTH THOUGHT
WE NEED NOT BE DETERRED BY A SOVIET VETO, BUT WE WOULD NEED
TO HAVE SOME ASEAN SUPPORT AND ALSO TO WORK ON THE FRENCH.
WE SHALL BE FOLLOWING THIS UP WITH THE AMERICANS WHO WERE MORE
OPTIMISTIC THAN WE ARE THAT ASEAN AND NON ALIGNED SUPPORT
CAN BE OBTAINED FOR AN APPROACH TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
6. HOLBROOKE SAID THAT DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO PEKING, FOLLOWING THE ANZUS MEETING, HE HAD PRESSED THE CHINESE TO TAKE UP TO 10,000 REFUGEES A MONTH AND ACCEPT A PROCESSING CENTRE ON CHINESE SOIL. BUT THEY HAD REACTED SHARPLY TO AMERICAN
SUGGESTIONS ON THE NEED FOR A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN CAMBODIA.
HUANG HUA HAD TOLD HOLBROOKE THAT CHINA OUGHT TO KEEP FIGHTING,
AS SHOULD THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS CLEAR THAT CHINA WISHED TO
ESTABLISH AN ANTI-VIETNAM FRONT AMONG ASEAN COUNTRIES, STARTING
WITH THAILAND, HOLBROOKE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FATAL FOR THAILAND
TO GET DRAWN IN BUT FORTUNATELY THE THA IS THOUGHT SO TOO.
THE AMERICANS WERE THINKING ABOUT CALLING SOME KIND OF NEW
GENEVA CONFERENCE BUT FELT THAT THE MOMENT WAS NOT RIGHT. FOR
THE TIME BEING THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO STRESS THE NEED FOR A
POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. CY VANCE SAW THIS AS THE WAY TO STABILITY
IN THE REGION BUT THE CHINESE ATTITUDE MEANT THAT THERE WAS
NOW A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS, THOUGH UNPUBLICISED, DIFFERENCE OF
VIEW BETWEEN THEM AND THE UNITED STATES.
7. 1 URGED ON MONDALE THE NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES TO TAKE
MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. HOLBROOKE ADMITTED THAT HONG KONG
HAD SUFFERED BECAUSE, IN CONTRAST TO MALAYSIA AND THAILAND,
THE REFUGEES WERE WELL TREATED THERE. MOREOVER THE REFUGEE
PROBLEM IN HONG KONG WAS MORE RECENT THAN THAT IN THAILAND.
HOWEVER, HE THOUGHT HONG KONG WOULD INEVITABLY BENEFIT FROM
THE INCREASED US INTAKE OF REFUGEES IF THE PHILIPPINES
TRANSIT CENTRE WERE ESTABLISHED THE US MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE
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