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INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
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YOUR TELNOS 382 AND. 385 AND OUR TELNO 1859: VIETNAMESE BOAT
PEOPLE: UNHCR TALKS WITH VIETNAM
1.
WE SUGGEST THAT YOU DRAW ON PARA 2 OF OUR TUR EMPHASISING
IN PARTICULAR OUR INTENTION TO FOCUS ON THE PRACTICALITIES OF
REPATRIATION AND TO KEEP DISCUSSION OF AID ON THE SIDELINES AT
THIS STAGE. YOU SHOULD ALSO STRESS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE IT
CLEAR TO THE VIETNAMESE THAT ANY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME WOULD HAVE TO EMBRACE ALL THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT, IE INVOLUNTARY RETURNEES AS WELL AS VOLUNTARY ONES (PARA 7 OF OUR TUR).
2,
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANT ROLE WE
ENVISAGE FOR UNHCR IN ANY REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENTS, BOTH AS A
CHANNEL FOR REINTEGRATION AID AND AS THE MONITORING BODY TO
ENSURE THE ACCEPTABLE TREATMENT OF THOSE
3.
RETURNED TO VIETNAM.
IN AN ACCOUNT OF THE LINE
WE SHOULD OF COURSE BE INTERESTED
UNHCR PROPOSE TO TAKE IN HANOI.
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