The North Vietnamese have never renounced their claim to large parts of Thailand. According to an unclassified estimate by CIA. 40 to 50 percent of the Vietnamese national budget goes to the military. Last year 40.000 Vietnamese safely reached refuge in Hong Kong. Rather than be sent back to Vietnam. one refugee committed suicide last winter. Many are still being lost at sea. particularly since some of the countries of the region have directed their officers to push off Vietnamese boats trying to land. The United States policy toward Vietnam is the same as our policy toward Libyano relations and no trade.