TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 293

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If a major source of exodus is the lack of food inside the

country, clearly the best way to relieve that,

is to get food in.

SIR I. GILMOUR:

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is not always easy to do.

I agree, but, as the rh G knows, that

take note of the r h G's

alleviate the problem

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The European Community has acted

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comments, and if more can be done to

See that it is done @ I shall

With respect, the r h G is pushing things too far.

After all, we have made a commitment and a

conference will

Surely it is rushing

take place in Geneva in the next few days. matters to look beyond that. We have made the commitment that we were asked to make and we hope that the Geneva conference, which we have been instrumental in setting up, will lead to

I do not believe that

an advance towards solving the problem. we should look further ahead than that.

MR. SPEAKER: Order. There is another statement to follow. I propose to call three more h Ms from either side.

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RONALD BELL: Is my rh F aware that everys episode of immigration since the end of the war has been justified Those who have resisted that, on the ground of extreme hardship?

like myself, have been accused of callousness on each occasion. That applies in the case of the West Indies in the 1950s, Kenya,

Indo-China. Is my Tanzanian, Uganda, Bangladesh, and now

rh F aware that there is a real danger of self-indulgence in a

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