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CPE BON 580

18.07.88, 1650 HRS L.T.

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OBJET: VIETNAM AND THE INDO=CHINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM REF.: CPE'LON'350'35276X76

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MDLIAN 4433

HKD 213/5

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CPE HAG 295(79)

GERMANY AGREES TO THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE NE- THERLANDS BUT SHOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IN THE LAST AMENDMENT ''AND TO MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS ... GENUINE REFUGEES THE WORD 'VOLUNTARY SHOULD BE INSERTED BEFORE

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FURTHERMORE GERMANY SHOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THE FOL-

LOWING AMENDMENTS:

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LINE 16 19 (''AT THE SAME TIME....REFUGEES'') SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS: ''POSSIBILITIES OF RESETTLEMENT IN THE WEST CANNOT KEEP ABREAST OF THESE INCREASED NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, WHOSE MAJORITY ARE MOSTLY BELIEVED TO BE ECONOMIC EMIGRANTS RATHER HAN GENUINE REFUGEES.

REQUIRED'') SHOULD READ AS FOL-

2. LINE 28 (''EACH....REQUIRED'')

LOWS: 'EACH INTRODUCED NEW POLICIES

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3. LINE 42 45: GERMANY SHOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO VE- RIFY RECENT PRESS REPORTS FROM BANGKOK THAT VIETNAM HAD AS- KED THE UNHCR TO WORK OUT A REPATRIATION PROGRAMME. THE WORDING OF LINE 42 45 OF THE DEMARCHE MIGHT HAVE TO BE

REDRAFTED ACCORDINGLY.

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