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OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM. THE WORKING GROUP SHOULD KEEP THE MATTER UNDER REVIEW. THE UK WAS PREPARTED TO CIRCULATE A PAPER AS A BASIS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. IT COULD BE USEFUL FOR THE TWELVE TO TAKE SOME CONCRETE ACTION. KA SEL (LUXEMBOURG) URGED A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF POLICY TOWARDS VIETNAM AT THE NEXT WORKING GROUP IN THE LIGHT OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM, THE REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS BETWEEN THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE TWELVE

TROOP ANNOUNCEMENT OF VIETNAMESE IN THE MARGINS OF UNSSD III, THE WITHDRAWALS FROM CAMBODIA, THE PROSPECT OF EC/CMEA RELATIONS AND THE MOST RECENT VIETNAMESE REQUESTS FOR FOOD AID. THE SUGGESTION WAS. ENDORSED.

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8. AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITHOUT DISCUSSION THAT AMBASSADORS IN RANGOON SHOULD BE ASKED TO REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BURMA, INCLUDING THE SITUATION OF ETHNIC MINORITIES, AND TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE ACTION BY THE TWELVE.

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