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REFUGEES AS TO ENCOURAGE MORE TO LEAVE.
5.
IN THE LONG TERM KIJIMA WAS CONVINCED THERE WAS NO
ALTERNATIVE BUT TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF COMPULSORY REPATRIATION.
AN RHC MIGHT BE A USEFUL TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT BUT WAS NOT IN
ITSELF A SOLUTION. SPEAKING PERSONALLY, HE THOUGHT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAD ALLOWED ITSELF TO APPLY STANDARDS TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHICH DIFFERED FROM THOSE APPLIED OTHER ECONOMIC REFUGEES BECAUSE OF US PRESSURE AND THE LEGACY OF THE
VIETNAM WAR.
6. COMMENT. KIJIMA WAS WELL AWARE OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND HAD EVIDENTLY EXPECTED OUR HIGH LEVEL CALL TO BE IN SUPPORT OF A SPECIFIC REQUEST. NONETHELESS, HE GAVE AMPLE EVIDENCE OF JAPANESE WILLINGNESS TO FUND ANY SUITABLE PROJECT PROVIDED IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT. IF WE HAVE ANY SUCH PROPOSALS IT MIGHT BE USEFUL IF WE COULD PUT THEM TO JAPAN BEFORE THE NEXT ICG MEETING. ARE WE YET READY TO RESPOND TO THE JAPANESE OFFER TO ASSIST WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN HONG KONG (MINUTE COLVIN/PAUL OF 29 MARCH)
FOR EXAMPLE?
WHITEHEAD
YYYY
MAIN
95
DISTRIBUTION
101
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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