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FM HANOI
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 281
OF 04063OZ AUGUST 88
KONG
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OUR 279 OF 3 AUGUST: HANOI TALKS: DAY ONE
1.
AFTER INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY VU KHOAN, CLIFT SPOKE ALONG AGREED LINES (TEXT TOFOLLOW).
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VỤ KHOAN COMMENTED ON (A) THE CAUSES OF ILLEGAL DEPARTURES, AND (B) HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. VIETNAM HAD NOT ENJOYED PEACE
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY HAD LED TO MANY
DIFFICULTIES AND SOCIAL DISORDERS HAD ENCOURAGED MANY PEOPLE TO LEAVE. VO KHOAN ADDED THAT SOME COUNTRIES (SIC) IN THE REGION MADE
RADIO BROADCASTS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LEAVE VIETNAM AND TO GO TO
H GNF KONG. SOME COUNTRIES SUPPLIED FUEL AND FOOD TO HELP PEOPLE TO LEAVE.
3.
VU KHOAN SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT ADOPTED AN OPEN
POLICY FOR THOSE WHO WISHED TO LEAVE LEGALLY. EXAMPLES WERE ODP
AND AGREEMENTS WITH THE USA ON AMERASIANS AND FORMER DETAINEES IN RE-EDUCATION CAMPS. NEVERTHELESS THERE WAS STILL DIFFICULTY IN PERSUADING OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT VIETNAMESE.
4.
VU KHOAN SAID THAT VIETNAM TRIED TO CONTROL ITS COASTLINE AND ITS TERRITORY. ITS LAW ON ILLEGAL DEPARTURES WAS VERY STRICT. THERE WERE THREE LEGAL PROVISIONS DEALING WITH ILLEGAL DEPARTURES AND THOSE WHO ORGANISED SUCH DEPARTURES WERE PARTICULARLY SEVERELY DEALT WITH. BUT VIETNAM'S COASTLINE WAS LONG AND NOT EASY TO PATROL. ILLEGAL DEPARTURES COULD NOT BE STOPPED COMPLETELY. 5. ON POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, VU KHOAN SAID THERE WERE TWO BASIC PRINCIPLES: HE SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE IN A PACKAGE AND SHOULD BE HUMANITARIAN. FOR THEIR PART THE VIETNAMESE WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO STOP ILLEGAL DEPARTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. VIETNAM SHOULD HAVE ''SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS' FOR THOSE REPATRIATED. THEY
HAD A DIFFICULTY OVER GUARANTEES AGAINST SEVERE PUNISHMENT. ANY STATEMENT TO THIS EFFECT WOULD CONTRAVENE THE LAWS OF VIETNAM. IT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE TO LEAVE, TO ''HAVE A PICNIC IN
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