STANDING CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES
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ASIA COMMITTEE
Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 6 December 1977 at 2.30 p.m. in the Grey Room, British Red Cross Society, 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1.
PRESENT:
Mr. R.G.A. Etherington-Smith
Chairman:
Observers:
Representative in the UK of the UNHCR Immigration and Nationality Dept. HO UN Department, FCO
Organisations:
British Red Cross Society
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development
Christian Aid
Friends Service Council
Gordon Barclay Vietnam Fund
Ockenden Venture
Oxfam
Project Vietnam Orphans
Save the Children Fund
Save the Children Fund
Wings of Friendship
UK Immigrants Advisory Service World University Service
Secretary:
Asst. to Secretary:
Mr. J. Heidler Mr. C. Birt Mr. P. Morgan
Miss S. Balfour Miss M. Galvin Mr. M. Hawkes
Miss Barbara Bowman Mrs. Celia Barclay Miss Joyce Pearce
Mr. B. Llewellyn
Rev. Patrick Asne
Lady Alexandra Metcalfe Major J. P. Fonseca
Mrs. A. Allan
Mr. John Ennals
Mrs. Kie Sebastian
Miss N. Rice-Jones
Mrs. E. Dony
1. Apologies for Absence were received from the following:-
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3.
Individual Member World's YMCA
Mr. Philip Goodhart MP Mr. Jim Thomson
Minutes of the meeting held on 5th July, which had been circulated, were confirmed and signed with the following amendment s.
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b)
Page 3 - 2nd sentence of 1st paragraph to read: "It was not always possible to take up all projects that were suggested, but for those agreed, UNHCR was following closely the implementation."
Page 5, last para, 1st sentence should read: see below*
Business Arising
a) Page 6 Minute 5c John Craven's Film
Arrange-
The Secretary had been in touch with the John Craven's Newsround team. ments would be made for the film on the Vietnamese boat people to be shown to the Committee at certain times.
Mr. Heidler pointed out that a Panorama programme on the general subject of
be shown on December 19th. Newsround fugees,
was to
This would be more up to date than the
*"Mr. Morgan (FCO) reported that a British, ship on its way to Brunei had picked
up 37 people including 1 pregnant woman 1 woman with TB and 19 children.
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