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SUBJECT: EC-ASEAN DIALOGUE MEETING IN BANGKOK
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1 THE UNITED KINGDOM IS CONTENT WITH THE PROPOSED AGENDA, AMENDED IN CPE/MUL ETR 02308. IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION OF THE GSP UNDER EC-ASEAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS THE UNITED KINGDOM BELIEVES THAT IT MUST BE MADE CLEAR TO ASEAN THAT THIS IS AN AUTONOMOUS REGIME.
d A BA-K's Contration to resettlement
2 AGENDA ITEM 2(A)1. (AID TO CGDK). THE UNITED KINGDOM INTENDS TO PROVIDE POUNDS STG 100,000 WORTH OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE NON- COMMUNIST ELEMENTS OF THE COALITION, SUBJECT TO THE COMPLETION OF SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS (INCLUDING RECEIPT OF A FORMAL REQUEST).
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3 AGENDA ITEM 2(A)2. THE UNITED KINGDOM REMAINS CONCERNED AT THE CONTINUING FLOW OF REFUGEES, PARTICULARLY FROM VIETNAM, AND) THE BURDEN THIS PLACES ON THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEM, INCLUDING HONG KONG. THE UNITED KINGDOM SUPPORTS THE OFFERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES CONCERNED TO ARRANGE RESETTLEMENT. FROM 1979, THE UK HAS TAKEN SOME 16,500 REFUGEES FROM THE REGION (THE MAJORITY FROM HONG KONG). THE UK CONTINUES TO TAKE THOSE REFUGEES WHO
SATISFY HER CRITERIA FOR RESETTLEMENT.
4 SINCE LATE 1979 THE UK HAS PROVIDED OR PLEDGED APPROXIMATELY
POUNDS STERLING 5M FOR INTERNATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY RELIEF ORGANISAT-
IONS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR REFUGEES, PREDOMINANTLY ON THE THAI/
CAMBODIA BORDER AND WITHIN THAILAND. THE LATEST PLEDGE OF POUNDS
STERLING 200,000 WAS MADE IN MAY THIS YEAR AT A DONORS' MEETING IN
NEW YORK.
5 AGENDA ITEM 2(A)4. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS GIVEN NO OFFICIAL
AID TO VIETNAM SINCE 1979.
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