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In our bilateral contacts with the Vietnamese

Government we are insisting on early

resolution of this problem. I took the

opportunity to make this point forcefully when

I met the Vietnamese Foreign Minister in New

York on 7 June. And in our contacts with

UNHCR and the major countries concerned we are

urging them to do all they can to put pressure

on the Vietnamese authorities to take their

own citizens back. In the meantime we are

monitoring the effects of the new policy with

great care.

Finally I should mention another source of

concern in Hong Kong. That is emigration,

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