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(E)
ON THE LAO SCREENING PROGRAMME, WE NOTE YOUR RELATIVELY
ENCOURAGING ASSESSMENT IN PARAS 24 AND 25 OF THE PAPER. REASONS
FOR YOUR OPTIMISM (GIVEN THAT ANOTHER YEAR HAS PASSED WITHOUT
TANGIBLE PROGRESS)?
(F)
REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION ON THAI/CAM BORDER.
WHILE WE ACCEPT THAI REASONS FOR CLOSURE OF KHAO-I-DANG, WE HOPE
ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT AND RELEVANT UN AGENCIES WILL BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN CO-OPERATION IN CARING FOR CAMP INHABITANTS.
(G)
BELIEVE YOUR LINES OF THOUGHT IN PAPER GENERALLY HELPFUL.
HOPE THEY CAN BE DEVELOPED FURTHER. WE ARE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE
IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO THIS END, AND WOULD WISH TO STAY IN
TOUCH WITH YOU AS YOUR AND OUR THINKING DEVELOPS ON THESE ISSUES
AND TO TAKE PART IN ANY FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WHERE YOU FEEL OUR
INVOLVEMENT COULD BE HELPFUL. FOR OUR PART, WE ARE CONVINCED OF
THE NEED FOR VIABLE NEW INITIATIVES, AND ARE CONSIDERING WHAT
FURTHER ACTION WE MIGHT TAKE IN THIS REGARD. MINISTERS REMAIN
SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SAD PROBLEM AND WILL TAKE A CLOSE
INTEREST IN THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S THOUGHTS.
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