12 Feb 88
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(UNHCR) that Thailand has to push out Vietnamese arriving in the eastern province of Trat because of security concern. Somphon Klinphongsa, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Interior, said he told UNHCR representative Gerald Walzer that Thailand will continue to apply humanitarian principles with "refugees", but has to prevent the entering of "illegal immigrants". Balzer called on Somphon at the ministry yesterday to raise UNHCR concern over the situation in Trat... "What are we supposed to do with these Vietnamese immigrants? Do we have to shelter them indefinitely? These new arrivals came to Thailand not becaus they were persecuted at home. There is no war in Vietnam at the moment," Somphon told reporters.
He said Walzer also expressed concern over the ban on UNHCR officials from visiting the Vietnamese refugees. He said he told Walzer that Vietnamese who have already landed on Thai shores will not be pushed out, and that UNHCR officials are allowed to see the refugees only after they get permission from Thai authorities... (Bangkok ‘The Nation' in English 10 Feb 88)
Thailand to send new Vietnamese arrivals to Site II (Text) About 300 Vietnamese boat people were moved from Trat province to Site II in Prachin Buri Province yesterday [10th February], a source said. The new arrivals will join the 3,100 Vietnamese who entered Thailand by land via Kampuchea and are not elibible for resettlement. They arrived at the camp at about 1300.
The Interior Ministry has set tough measures against new Vietnamese boat arrivals in order to stem an influx. Apart from the determination to push new arrivals out to sea, those having arrived for economic reasons will no longer be sent to Phanat Nikhom transit camp in Chon Buri, but to Site II as displaced persons. ('Bangkok Post' in English 11 Feb 88)
Indonesian army delegation concludes visit to Vietnam (FE/0069 A3/4) An Indonesian army delegation led by Gen T.Utrisno, Chief of the Army Staff, concluded a six-day visit to Vietnam on 9th February. During its stay in Vietnam, the Indonesian delegation held talks with a Vietnamese military delegation led by Senior Lt-Gen Doan Khue. The two sides compared notes on issues of mutual concern. It was also received by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Pham Hung, Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach and Defence Minister Gen Le Duc Anh. (VNA in English 1507 gmt 9 Feb 88)
Meeting of PRK propaganda, education cadres ends A four-day national meeting of propaganda and education cadres ended on 7th February. The participants exchanged experiences from their past work and set forth number of significant targets and measures for the development of this work in 1988. Speaking at the occasion, Mrs Men Sam-an, member of the Party Central Committee's Political Bureau and Chairman of the Central Organisation Commission, praised the brilliant results of the 1987 propaganda and education work. (Phnom Penh home service 0430 gmt 8 Feb 88)
PRK reports returnees in Kampot Province 1987, 137 people misguided by enemy propaganda reported themselves to the revolutionary authorities in Kampot
In
SWB
Province. The returnees, mostly ex-Polpotists, brought 19 assorted guns and a quantity of war materiels. (SPK in English 1116 gmt 9 Feb 88)
Lao-Cambodian cultural co-operation protocol signed A protocol on cultural co-operation between the LPDR and the PRK was signed in Vientiane on 4th February. According to the protocol, the two countries will increase exchanges in culture, sport, publication, cinematography as well as the exchange of cultural workers between twinned provinces. It was signed by Thongsing Thammavong, member of the LPRP Central Committee and Minister of Culture, and Chheng Phon, alternate member of the KPRP Central Committee, and Minister of Information and Culture. The PRK delegation left for home on 5th February, after a week-long visit to Laos. (KPL in English 0905 gmt 7 Feb 88)
The
Conference on Indochinese party history ends conference on the study the history of the parties of Laos, Vietnam and the PRK closed in Vientiane on 8th February. This conference, the first of its kind, was attended by a Lao delegation from the Commission for the Study of the History of the LPRP led by its Director, Sisana Sisan. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Nguyen Van Phung, head of the Institute for the Study of History of the CPV, and the PRK delegation was led by Chey Saphon, head of the Institute for the Study of the History of the KPRP. The delegations studied the evolution and development of the Indochinese Communist Party and the development of the parties of Laos, Vietnam and the PRK. (KPL in English 0903 gmt 8 Feb 88)
VOICE OF NATIONAL SALVATION URGES OPPOSITION IN SOUTH TO UNITE
Voice of National Salvation in Korean 0300 gmt 5 Feb 88
(i) Excerpts from talk by station commentator Ko Il-chol
Manoeuvres to split and alienate our democratic and patriotic forces are among the inherent ruling methods employed by the Yankee aggressors and their stooges, the fascist dictators. They have frantically and viciously perpetrated the base manoeuvres of splitting, alienating and breaking up one by one the democratic and patriotic forces. Such manoeuvres have become more vicious and tenacious
recently.
Frightened by our masses' united strength, which was demonstrated in the June resistance last year, the Chon Tu- hwan - No Tae-u ring stopped at nothing to split and alienate the opposition and democratic forces according to the scenario mapped out by the USA. One example of this was that on the eve of the 16th December presidential election, the military dictatorial group allowed random candidacy and deliberately fanned provincial sentiments among the people in a bid to reverse the unfavourable situation that had developed during the election campaign.
Therefore, at a time when unity and joint action by the democratic patriotic forces were more necessary than ever before in the run-up to the presidential election, the opposition democratic forces were divided by the
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