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06.424 MDHOAN 6403
(C) HUMANITARIAN TREATMENT OF RETURNEES.
BOTH
WE PROPOSED A REFERENCE TO ASSURANCE OF HUMANE TREATMENT OF RETURNEES, BEFORE AND AFTER REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM. THE VIETNAMESE RESISTED THIS, ARGUING, AS THEY HAVE BEFORE, THAT FOR LEGAL REASONS THEY COULD NOT MAKE PUBLIC REFERENCES TO THE NON-PUNISHMENT OF RETURNEES, ALTHOUGH IN PRACTICE THERE WOULD BE NO REPRISALS. THE COMPROMISE WORDING IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF MIFT DOES, I BELIEVE, COVER THE POSITION SUFFICIENTLY, PARTICULARLY AS IT IS LINKED TO UNHCR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARRANGEMENTS.
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MOSTLY
SECOND MIFT CONTAINS DETAILS OF MINOR AMENDMENTS, STYLISTIC, WHICH WE INTEND TO PUT FORWARD WHEN THE TEXT IS FURTHER DISCUSSED TOMORROW MORNING. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THE BASIC TEXT AND THESE AMENDMENTS DESKBY 1207830Z.
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DISTRIBUTION
101
ΜΑΙΝ
97
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
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HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR PATTEN ODA
ADDITIONAL
4
MR J MACHIN DISASTER UNIT ODA MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
HKGO LONDON
MR G-HARRISON ODA
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