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4. WE SHOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT ATTITUDE THE SINGAPOREZ TAKE TOWARDS THOSE REFUGEES WHO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY TO SINGAPORE IN
SMALL CRAFT. NO SPECIFIC MENTION WAS MADE OF THEM IN TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, WHICH IMPLIES THE SINGAPOREANS INTEND TO TURN THEM AWAY IF THEIR MAXIMUM OF 1000 REFUGEES (IN SINGAPORE) HAS BEEN REACHED.
YOU COULD LEAVE THE SINGAPOREANS IN NO DOUBT OF THE APPALLING PUBLICITY THEY WOULD RECEIVE IF REJECTED REFUGEES WERE KNOWN TO HAVE
DROWNED.
5 GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHICH OTHER COUNTRIES ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH THIS APPROACH TO SINGAPOREANS.
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