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YOUR TELNO 330: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN THE ''PACIFIC CONVEYOR''
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1. WE SPOKE TO UNHCR AS INSTRUCTED THEY CONSULTED THEIR REPRESENTAT -IVE IN BANGKOK ON THE TELEPHONE. THE LATTER REPLIED THAT THERE WAS NO LIBERIAN MISSION IN BANGKOK FOR ANYONE TO DEAL WITH AND THAT IF BY ANY MIRACLE THE LIBERIANS GAVE A GUARANTEE THE THAIS
WOULD NOT BELIEVE IN IT. THE SITUATION WAS NOW APPARENTLY LESS URGENT SINCE THE CARGO WAS BEING TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT SHIP AND THE
REFUGEES WERE STILL IN BANGKOK,
2. WE URGED UNHCR TO APPROACH THE LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE SINCE FLAG OF CONVENIENCE STATES SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO' ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITIES. UNHCR SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER THIS:
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