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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 234 OF 28 JULY INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, ROUTINE WASHINGTON, KUALA LUMPUR, RANGOON, TOKYO, PEKING.
YOUR TELNO 158 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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¡ CALLED ON UNHCR THIS MORNING AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED.
2. AFTER EXPRESSING WARM APPRECIATION OF THE DECISION TO ALLOW THE ''AVA'' REFUGEES TO LAND, HE READILY UNDERTOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM AND SAID THAT HE WOULD PROMPTLY SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO HONG KONG (EITHER FROM BANGKOK OR KUALA LUMPUR) TO DO WHAT WAS
APPROPRIATE.
3. AS REGARDS A SCHEME FOR INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, HE SAID THAT FOLLOWING ON THE MEETING HE HAD HELD HERE ON 25 JUNE OF GENEVA REPRESENTATIVES OF STATES BELONGING TO HIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
HE HAD BEEN PREPARING A PAPER SETTING OUT PROPOSALS FOR JUST THE KIND OF SCHEME WE WANTED. HIS PAPER WOULD VERY SOON BE SENT TO GOVERN- MENTS CONCERNED: HE GAVE ME AN ADVANCE COPY STILL SUBJECT TO PRESENTATIONAL MODIFICATION (COPY BY BAG). HE MADE IT PLAIN THAT HE HOPED FOR SUPPORT FROM US AS WELL AS FROM EG THE UNITED STATES
IN GETTING HIS SCHEME ACCEPTED.
99) 4. MR WILSON (WASHINGTON TELNO 2584 TO YOU, PARA 3) IS COMING TO
THIS MISSION FOR A TALK THIS AFTERNOON: HE WILL HAVE JUST ATTENDED A WORKING LUNCH WITH UNHCR AT WHICH NO DOUBT THIS PROBLEM
WILL BE DISCUSSED AMONG OTHERS.
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