THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG:
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE UN HIGH
COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES WILL PROVIDE CARE AND MAINTENANCE FOR ALL REFUGEES HERE. HE IS NOT AT THE MOMENT, BUT HE IS NOT IN FUNDS AT THE MOMENT.
LORD CARRINGTON: THIS IS WHY THERE IS THE OBJECT OF PROVIDING MORE MONEY AT THE CONFERENCE FOR UN REFUGEES, SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FEEDING THEM, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD EXPECT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO DO IT DIRECTLY FOR HONG KONG. ANY MONEY WOULD BE
CHANNELLED THROUGH THE UN.
QUESTION: APART FROM VERBAL CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAM, DOES THE UK SEE ANY WAY OF BRINGING ANY PARTICULAR PRESSURE TO BEAR ON VIETNAM, IE RECOMMENDING THAT VIETNAM CEASES TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE WORLD BANK, OR OTHERWISE TAKE SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE ACTION?
LORD CARRINGTON: I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT WE HAVE SOUGHT TO DO IS ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE NOT TO GIVE AID TO VIETNAM IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE ARE CERTAIN AID FUNDS
IN WHICH WE OURSELVES ARE CONCERNED WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
PARTICULARLY WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE AT THE MOMENT TAKING STEPS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT CAN BE TURNED OFF.
QUESTION: ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT CHINESE MINORITY WOULD BE SECURE IF IT WAS THERE ON SUFFERENCE BECAUSE OF WORLD CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAM AND BECAUSE OF THE CUT OFF OF FUNDS?
LORD CARRINGTON:
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HON DOES ONE KNOW THAT?
I THINK THAT THERE ARE REALLY TO PROBLEMS. THERE IS THE PROBLEM THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER SEEK TO STOP PEOPLE LEAVING A COUNTRY WHERE LIFE IS INTOLERABLE, ITS ONE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO SO, AND INDEED THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT IN EASTERN EUROPE, THAT PEOPLE MERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE. BUT THAT SEEMS TO ME A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION FROM A COUNTRY WHICH BY ITS POLICIES MAKES THE LIFE OF PEOPLE SO INTOLERABLE THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO ENDURE THE KIND OF HARDSHIPS THAT THE PEOPLE I SAW THIS AFTERNOON EDURED, AND I THINK THE PRESSURE WE HAVE
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