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accommodation and integration of 14,500 (£384.5m);

(iii) political support: staffing and related costs in particular in FCO Diplomatic Wing and ODA and British Embassy, Bangkok.

least £100,000 per annum at current costs).

(At

ASSUMPTIONS OF UK POLICY

10.

These are:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(a)

(e)

a UK contribution is consistent with its obligations to assist

refugees worldwide under the terms of its ratification of the

1951 UN Convention relating to the status of refugees and the

1967 Protocol;

helping to solve the refugee problem will serve the UK ultimate

objective of a safe, stable and prosperous South-East Asia, consistent with UK interests; conversely a failure to help by

the UK and other Western countries would have led to an

unacceptable situation in human and security terms;

an appropriate UK contribution in terms of finance and resettlement will favourably influence SE Asian and donor

resettlement governments; conversely a failure to contribute risks adverse consequences;

a UK contribution will encourage other governments, notably

those of Thailand and other countries of first asylum, to

assist in solving or relieving the Indo-China refugee problem;

international efforts coordinated by UNBRO and UNHCR provide

the most effective and efficient means of providing relief to the refugees

EFFECTIVENESS INDICATORS

11.

(a)

(b)

Against the Ultimate Objective

security: internal stability maintained; no erosion of ASEAN

unity; Vietnam isolated from the West politically, and receiving virtually no assistance or technology; British political and commercial interests in Thailand and

other South East Asian countries have been protected and the

climate maintained for their advancement.

SEAAAU

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