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4. I HAVE CONSIDERED WHAT SUGGESTIONS WE COULD MAKE FROM HERS
FOR ACTION TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE MORATORIUM TS MAINTAINED VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN EXPECT MUCH FROM UNHOR. ANY EFFECTIVE ACTION BY THE UN WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE
AUTHORITY OF WALDHEIM HIMSELF, I UNDERSTAND THAT WALDHEIM HAS IT IN
MIND TO VISIT THE FAR EAST IN EARLY JANUARY. MOREOVER, THE ANNIVERSARY OF HANOI'S STATED WILLINGNESS TO SET UP A SCHEME FOR
ORDERLY DEPARTURE FALLS ON 7 JANUARY. IT MIGHT THEREFORE BE POSSIBLE FOR WALDHEIM TO ADOPT AN OSTENSIBLY QUOTE ADMINISTRATIVE UNQUUTE RATHER THAN A QUOTE POLITICAL UN UOTE APPROACH TO THE VIETNAMESE
ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
(1) THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE SCHEME CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN ITS
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION:
(2) THE PURPOSES THAT THE MORATORIUM WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE REMAIN AS IMPORTANT NOW AS AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING IN GENEVA IN
JULY.
(3) THE MORATORIUM WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN THE FRENCH SPEECH AT THE MEETING WHEN A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS WAS SUGGESTED. IN HIS SUMMING UP DR WALDEI SAID "AS A RESULT OF MY CONSULTATIONS THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM HAVE AUTHORISED ME TO INFORM YOU THAT FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME IT WILL MAKE
EVERY EFFORT TO STOP ILLEGAL DEPARTURES''. IT WAS HOWEVER THE HOPE OF
THE SECPETARY-GENERAL AND OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO FIXED LIMIT.
(4) IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS WELL WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, TO 18SUE A STATEMENT CONFIRMING HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MORATORIUM MOULD CONTINUE INDEFINITELY. THIS WOULD SERVE TO DISCOURAGE ANY SUCCESTION THAT THE MORATORIUM WAS
COMING TO AN END.
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