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distinguish genuine refugees from those whose

motives for leaving Vietnam are purely

economic.

Hong Kong will continue to preserve access to

resettlement for genuine refugees. But the

great majority of arrivals who are determined

to be economic migrants will be detained

pending their eventual repatriation to

Vietnam, as soon as satisfactory arrangements

for their return have been negotiated.

In our bilateral contacts with the Vietnamese

Government we have pressed for action. I took

up the matter forcefully when I met the

Vietnamese Foreign Minister in New York on 7

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