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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: CONDITIONS IN CLOSED CAMPS
1. FOLLOWING A REPORT IN THE TIMES ON 23 MARCH HEADED QUOTE VIETNAM'S REFUGEES ENDURE CAMP MISERY UNQUOTE LORD GLENARTHUR HAS ASKED US TO ENQUIRE ABOUT ONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS IT CONTAINED CONCERNING VISITING TIME PERMITTED TO RELATIVES OF THOSE IN THE CAMPS.
2. THE RELEVANT PARAGRAPH OF THE ARTICLE QUOTING MRS ANNE MARIA TRAN, A SOCIAL WORKER IN TUEN MUN READS QUOTE ONE DAY A REFUGEE WITH HER TWO CHILDREN CAME TO ME AND COULD NOT STOP CRYING. THEN SHE TOLD ME HER BROTHER, WHO HAD SETTLED IN AUSTRALIA, HAD COME TO SEE HER WITH HIS WIFE. SHE HAD NOT SEEN HER BROTHER FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WAS SO HAPPY · BUT THEN AFTER
ONLY 30 MINUTES THE RELATIVES WERE TOLD THEY HAD TO LEAVE. THEY HARDLY HAD TIME TO TALK BEFORE THEY WERE TOLD THE VISIT HAD TO
END UNQUOTE.
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3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW WHAT THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE FOR SUCH VISITS.
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