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but political circumstances in Indo-China, in Vietnam in particular make repatriation impossible for the moment except in the instances mentioned in your paragraph on Laos and Cambodia. I am enclosing copies of the Hansard reports of two recent Adjournment Debates on Indo-Chinese refugees. They contain useful material.

I am also enclosing a copy of UNHCR's most recent (April) Indo-Chinese refugee statistics.

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I should be grateful if you would let us see a copy of the pape as redrafted.

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S T Nash

South East Asian Department

30 May 1985

CC: Mr Reddicliffe, Research Dept

Ms Walker, Hong Kong Dept

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