CONFIDENTIAL
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PS/Mr Luard
Mr Cortazzi
Mr Goldsmith (SEAD)
Mr Morgan (UND)
Mr Martin (FED)
Mr Priestley (News)
Mr Rushford (Legal Adviser)
As Mr O'Keeffe says, this is a difficult decision
and much depends on the attitude of the Americans. At my request Mr O'Keeffe has again discussed with Mr Sykes of the US Embassy. The American position is that it is not legally possible for them to enter into a commitment without seeing the refugees: but the political reality is such that it seems to the Embassy highly likely that they williin fact be admitted to the US. In these circumstances I agree with the draft telegram.
Extanser
26 July 1976
CONFIDENTIAL
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