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Vietnamese expansionist policies and the unresolved

refugee problem.

Intermediate Objectives (2)

5. Towards this ultimate objective intermediate

objectives are:

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absorb

(a) helping to solve or relieve the refugee problem;

(b) relieving any further pressure on Hong Kong to take

more refugees;

(c) being seen to be helping and hence gaining the

approval of the Thailand, ASEAN and donor governments

and avoiding the possible adverse consequences of

failing to help;

(d) contributing to a political solution to the Cambodian

problem and to condemnation of Vietnamese policies;

Intermediate Objectives (1)

6. In turn to attain these intermediate objectives UK

policy is aimed at:

(a) achieving an appropriate balance of effort from the

international community towards resolving the refugee

problem and wider political problem.

Inputs by the UK (and Hong Kong)

7. UK and Hong Kong contributions (inputs) consists of

(July 1979 July 1986):

/(i)