TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 291

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CMR.

MR. FRANK ALLAUN: The Minr referred to the

callous and inhuman behaviour of the Vietnamese Govt. Did he

were

make the slightest protest when the American Govt bombing

that country to bits?

I am not opposing the reception but

of refugees into this country, would it not be possible for

the

the British Govt to give some relief to thousands of political

prisoners in Latin America who are being tortured at present?

I gather than most of the Vietnamese refugees are not being

considerable

tortured but are getting out with/financial ▼ aid.

SIR I. GILMOUR:

Even the h M for Salford, East

se.c

standards.

but

a

(Mr. Allaun) has never given a clearer example of double

Many of us took very different views about the Vietnam war,

that is nothing to do with what is taking place now. We callous,calculated policy to expel from Vietnam about) million

people merely because they are of Chinese stocking

[MR.

MR. SKINNER: The Mirr 15

getting wound

up

now,

CSIR.

SIR. I. GILMOUR:

Perhaps the racial policies of the

Vietnamese Govt appeal to the hi for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner), but

they certainly do not appeal to anybody else.

By trying

to defend those policies by talking about

the hM for Salford, East

something that is going wrong elsewhere in the world, really

demeans himself. This

expulsion from Vietnam is taking place

on a scale that is unparalleled anywhere else, and if the h M has

any standards at all he should condemn what is going on.

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