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A SENIOR THAI MFA OFFICIAL, IN OUTLINING THE STEPS LEADING TO THE FORTHCOMING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES, HAS SAID THAT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW. THE CONFERENCE SHOULD BE SIMILAR IN TYPE TO THE 1979 CONFERENCE IN ANY SOLUTION TO THE CURRERNT PROBLEM VIETNAMESE COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL. THAILAND WELCOMES VIETNAM'S RECENT CHANGE OF ATTITUDE. IT REMAINS LEERY OF PROPOSALS FOR SCREENING AND LINKS SCREENING CLOSELY WITH REPATRIATION.
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WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A CALL BY SIMINGTON ON PRACHA GUNA KASEM, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, MEA ON 12 JULY 1988 TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW FOLLOWING THE ASEAN AMM/PMC.
2. PRACHA SAID THAT FOR THAILAND, THE MAJOR ELEMENTS TO COME OUT OF THE ASEAN AMM/PMC WERE
IN ANY SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF THE VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW> VIETNAM'S COOPERATION WAS ESSENTIAL AND ALL INTERESTED COUNTRIES SHOULD MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH VIETNAM ON THIS ISSUE.
REINFORCEMENT OF THE BELIEF THAT THE 1977 AGREEMENT HAD LOST MOST OF ITS UTILITY AND THAT MAINTENANCE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF FIRST ASYLUM IN THE ABSENCE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF MEASURES WAS USELESS.
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PRACHA GAVE HIS VIEWS ON THE AGENDA OF MEETINGS ON THE VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW OVER THE COMING MONTHS. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE THAIS SEE ALL THESE MEETINGS AS BEING LINKED AND APPARENTLY DIFFERENTLY TO THE UNHCR (SEE PARA 3, 0.GE85095).
IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH HAD WIDE SPREAD SUPPORT AT THE ASEAN AMM/PMC, HE SAID THE THAIS BELIEVED THAT
THERE WAS A NEED FOR THOROUGH PREPARATION
ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUE SHOULD BE INVITED
ASEAN HAD ADVANCED A PACKAGE WHICH WOULD BE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND DISCUSSED WITH DIALOGUE PARTNERS.
PRACHA MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION SHOULD BE ON THE VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW
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