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TAIWAN, SHIPS OWNED OR REGISTERED IN TAIWAN ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE PLAYING A MAJOR PART IN THE REFUGEE TRAFFIC. UNHOR MIGHT BE ENCOURAGED TO ESTABLISH A PRESENCE IN TAIWAN EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AN AGENCY, SUCH AS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPEAN MIGRATION (ICEM). FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, THE LOCAL UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE THINKS THERE IS
MILEAGE IN THIS IDEA BUT FEARS THAT HIS HEADQUARTERS MAY BE MORE CAUTIOUS. THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ICEM IS ALSO CONSIDERING A PERMANENT LOW-LEVEL PRESENCE IN TAIWAN BUT HAS NOT YET DISCUSSED THIS WITH HIS OWN HEADQUARTERS. IT WOULD OF COUR
SEEN BE FOR PEKING TO COMMENT ON THE LIKELY CHINESE REACTION. FROM HERE THEY WOULD NOT NECESSARILY OBJECT TO A UNHCR OFFICE WHOSE TASK WAS THE ONWARD MOVEMENT OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM. SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT MIGHT ENCOURAGE TAIWAN TO BE LESS UNGENERO THAN AT PRESENT. THE U.S CONSULATE-GENERAL HERE THINK THE IDEA
WOULD APPEAL TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
(111) NEW COUNTRIES FOR RESETTLEMENT.
ONWARD MOVEMENT TO THE
TRADITIONAL RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES IS GETTING SLOWER. WE BADLY NEED ALTERNATIVES. UNHCR MIGHT BE ENCOURAGED TO WORK HARDER ON
LATIN AMERICA.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
UND
HK & CD
SEAD
MR WEIR
MR STRATTON
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