Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1963Vol. XXXIII, No. 11

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Viet Repat

The repatriation of the Viet namese in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides in the ship “Eastern Queen” is to resume early in June, according to Noumea newspapers. The ship will lift about 550 Vietnamese to North ( Communist ) Viet nam on alternate voyages from New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.

About 2,000 Vietnamese in New Caledonia—more than half of them young people— wish to return to North Viet nam, and about the same num ber wish to return from the New Hebrides. Repatriation started in 1960 but stopped suddenly in 1961.

PlM’s Noumea correspon dent says North Vietnam will receive “a magnificent gift”, as all the young people are well educated.

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