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UK Policy on Cambodia
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The British Government have consistently supported these UN
calls and we have ourselves condemned the Vietnamese occupation
which is the root cause of the Cambodian refugee problem. We have
also called upon the Vietnamese to put a stop to actions such as
their repeated offensives and violations of Thai territory,
summoning in the Vietnamese Ambassador to reinforce these views. We shall maintain this pressure. I would refer you to the statement made in this House by my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on 3 July
1979 that there would be no more British aid to Vietnam while the
present circumstances continue. This remains our position. I would
also refer my Hon Friend to the reply I gave on 9 May to a question
from the Hon Member for Riverside when I indicated why there was
little scope for closer relations between Britain and Vietnam under
the present circumstances.
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