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signs so far of any Vietnamese willingness to take back those who But we shall have left in other than very rare individual cases. continue to explore posssibility of such an approach.
(Direct approach to Vietnamese by Hong Kong Government?)
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Hard to see how in practice Hong Kong could do this. Anyway, our soundings of Vietnamese thus far indicate clearly such an approach would produce no positive results.
(International conference?)
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Unlikely to achieve international support if Vietnamese refugee issue taken out of wider context of Indo-Chinese refugee problem as a whole. Wider conference on Indochina sure to become enmeshed in Cambodia issue. Firmly believe our discussions between UNHCR and major resettlement countries offer best hope of finding long-term solution.
(Withdraw refugee status from all new arrivals pending repatriation?)
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Raises many difficult questions we have international humanitarian obligations: how should we treat those new arrivals who really are refugees? implications very carefully.
Would need to consider
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