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MRS MARGARET THATCHER

PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

10 WING STREET

LONDON GLAND SWI

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

WE WISH TO CONVEY TO YOU THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE

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British

Teleg

TELECOM

International

For enquiries dial the number shown in your Phone Book

International Telegram

International

ON THE BEHALF OF OVER 200 INDOCHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS,

ACADEMICS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE ON THE FIRST ASYLUM CRISIS

IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 8, 1988

1. WE ARE DEEPLY DISTRESSED AT THE CHANGE OF POLICY ON VIETNAMESE

BORT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG BEING WORKED OUT BETWEEN YOUR EXCELLENCY

AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SIR GEOFFREY HOWE

WE REMIND YOU OF GREAT BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT TO THE 1979 U N GENEVA

CONFERENCE TO GRANT ALL ARRIVING VIETNAMESE FIRST ASYLUM PENDING

RE-SETTLEMENT, AND THE NECESSITY OF MAKING ANY CHANGES WITHIN THE

FRAMEWORK OF ANOTHER UN CONFERENCE

2. EVEN IN THE CASE OF ADOPTION WITHIN THAT MULTI-LATERAL FRAMEWORK

OF THE NEW POLICY OF REPATRIATION OF BOAT REFUGEES, A FAIR SCREENING

PROCESS MUST BE SET UP UNDER THE AUSPICES OF UNHCR TO QUALIFY A GENUINE POLITICAL REFUGEES FOR RE-SETTLEMENT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE

1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION

3. AS TO THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT, ASSURANCE OF HUMANITARIAN

TREATMENT UPON REPATRIATION MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE VIETNAMESE

GOVERNMENT

4. ALL REPATRIATIONS SHOULD PREFERABLY WAIT SOMETIME UNTIL THE

British

TELECOM

Intemational

For enquiries dial the number shown in your

Phone Book

International

British

TELECOM

British

International

For enquiries dial the

number shown in your

Phone Book

International

TELECOM

International

For enquiries dial the

Phone Book

International

number shown in your

legram International

PERSONS TO BE RETURNED CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND DECIDE VOLUNTARILY TO

COME BACK TO VIETNAM

MOST RESPECTFULLY

DR LE XURN KHOA PRESIDENT THE INDOCHINA RESOURCE ACTION CENTER

1118 22 ST NORTHWEST SUITE 300

WASHINGTON DC 20037

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