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MADE IN TRANCHES, AS THE UNHCR CALLED FOR MONEY, BASED ON THE NUMBERS RETURNED (AND SUBJECT TO THEIR PERFORMANCE IN STOPPING THE OUTFLOW).
6. WE HOPE THAT THIS BROAD OUTLINE WILL COMMEND ITSELF TO UNHCR
AS A PILOT SCHEME. IT COULD BE USED AS THE BASIS OF A MULTI-LATERAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
(I) THE SCHEME WOULD, WE HOPE ATTRACT THIRD COUNTRY CONTRIBUTIONS AS CONDITIONS BECOME APPROPRIATE E.G. HOPEFULLY JAPAN AND POSSIBLY
AUSTRALIA AND CANADA WITH THE US AND OTHERS JOINING LATER AS THE
VIETNAMESE MET OTHER NECESSARY CONDITIONS (E.G. WITHDRAWAL FROM
CAMBODIA).
(II) THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE MIGHT DEVELOP THAT DONER COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTE ON A LUMP SUM BASIS, WHILE ASYLUM COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO THE RATE OF RETURN. PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND WOULD ALSO
BE RELATED TO THE RATE OF RETURN AND PERHAPS BE LINKED TO VIETNAMESE
EFFORTS TO STEM THE OUTFLOW. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT WHILE ASYLUM COUNTRIES COULD CONTRIBUTE AT DIFFERENT (CONFIDENTIAL) RATES, ASSISTANCE FOR RETURNEES WOULD BE SET AT A STANDARD RATE. THIS WOULD WE HOPE ALLAY ASEAN FEARS THAT HONG KONG MIGHT BID UP THE PRICE.
7. WE HOPE THAT THIS TWO STAGE APPROACH WILL ENABLE US TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH THE VIETNAMESE IN THE SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME AVOIDING THE CHARGE THAT WE ARE PRE-EMPTING THE ASEAN MULTI-LATERAL APPROACH. WE HOPE THAT BY PRESENTING THE REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE PACKAGE AS A PILOT SCHEME WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
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