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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA,
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
YOUR TELNO 1784 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE BOATPEOPLE
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THE PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES ARE LIKELY TO WELCOME TALKS WITH VIETNAM ON THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.
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2. AS INDICATED IN MY TELNO 254 (NOT TO ALL) THE PHILIPPINES ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HARDER LINE POLICIES OF THEIR ASEAN COLLEAGUES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT MANGLAPUS IN THE MARGINS OF THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BANGKOK, HAS DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER OF NEW ARRIVALS HERE AND TO THE INCREASING DIFFICULTIES IN RESETTLYING THEM. ALTHOUGH MANGLAPUS TAKES A CONSISTENTLY HUMANITARIAN LINE AND KEEPS IN CLOSE STEP WITH THE UNHCR HE HAS RESISTED INFORMAL ASEAN SUGGESTIONS FOR ANOTHER RESETTLEMENT CENTRE IN THE PHILIPPINES. IN HIS OPENING SPEECH AT BANGKOK HE CALLED FOR NEW MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO 'THIS WORSENING HUMAN TRAGEDY'.
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WE ARE NOT AWARE YET OF ANY VIETNAMESE APPROACH TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT.
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.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
LIMITED
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