Mr. President. the refusal of the Heng Samrin regime to allow distribution of more than a small part of the food and medicine available has led hundreds of thousands of people to flee to the Thai border. where they can receive assistance from relief agencies operating in Thailand. However. the conflict raging within Kampuchea threatens to drive these people into Thailand in search of safety and food. * These developments pose extremely serious problems for Thailand. which has already accepted over 200.000 refugees from Laos and Kampuchea. Under these circumstances. it would have been easy for the Thai Government to have closed its border. arguing that it had done all that could be expected of it. However. the Thai Government. under the farsighted and humanitarian leadership of Prime Minister Kriangsak. opened its borders to provide asylum and assistance to these victims of war. famine. and oppression.
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