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HE FURTHER DEFINED ASSISTANCE AS THE MINIMUM AID REQUIRED FOR RESETTLEMENT DURING AN INITIAL SIX MONTH PERIOD, AFTER WHICH THE RETURNEES COULD BE EXPECTED TO LIVE
INDEPENDENTLY.
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LE MAI SAID THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD REQUIRE COORDINATION BETWEEN UNHCR AND THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. HE SAID THAT THE DETAILS HAD OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN WORKED OUT BUT AGREED THAT CONSIDERATION COULD WELL BE GIVEN TO THE SETTING UP OF A JOINT SRV/UNHCR OFFICE.
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SIMINGTON ASKED LE MAI FOR HIS VIEWS ON THE TRANSITION FROM BILATERAL TO MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS. MAI NOTED THAT THE NEXT CONSULTATION WOULD BE BETWEEN ASEAN AND UNHCR, BUT HE INDICATED THAT VIETNAM WOULD BE WILLING TO JOIN IN MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS LEADING, EVENTUALLY PERHAPS TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
HE CLEARLY POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT THERE WAS NO USE IN HAVING A CONFERENCE IF OBJECTIVES AND POSITIONS WERE UNCLEAR, AND 'PEOPLE ENDED UP BLAMING EACH OTHER'.
THE CONFERENCE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPE TO CONFIRM CERTAIN AGREEMENTS REACHED BEFORE HAND. THERE SHOULD BE CAREFUL PREPARATION, DRAWING ON PAST EXPERI
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LE MAI CAUTIONED THAT THESE VIEWS WERE PERSONAL NES BECAUSE HE HAD NO SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO DRAW UPON.
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RETURNING TO HIS CONSULATIONS IN THE UK LE MAI INDICATED THAT THE UK PROPOSED THREE THINGS :
THAT UNHCR HANDLE THE RETURN OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS FROM HONG KONG:
THAT THE UK/VIETNAM TALKS RESUME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:
THAT VIETNAM INTENSIFY ITS NAVAL PATROLS TO CLAMP DOWN ON FURTHER ILLEGAL DEPARTURES.
11. LE MAI POINTED OUT THAT VIETNAM HAD OFFERED TO SEND ITS OFFICIALS TO REASSURE CAMP RESIDENTS THAT THEY COULD COME BACK TO VIETNAM SAFELY, BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT THE TEAMS OF OFFICIALS WOULD FULFIL ANOTHER USEFUL FUNCTION IN THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SCREEN THE VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE THAI ALL OF THEM WERE ACCEPTABLE IÓ VIETNAM IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAI RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES SCREEN APPLICANTS FOR
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