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3. PLEASE IMPRESS ON HARTLING'S STAFF THAT EVEN A SHORT VISIT HERE WILL HELP US TO SHOW AN INCREASINGLY CONCERNED LOCAL POPULATION THAT THE UNHCR IS CONSCIOUS OF HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS. I HOPE IT WILL ALSO HELP TO RESOLVE THE EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION IN WHICH ONLY ONE QUARTER OF OUR 24,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE
UNDER UNHCR CARE.
4. IN MY PERSONAL VIEW IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THE CHINESE WOULD OBJECT TO THE UNHCR VISITING HONG KONG TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES OR PUBLICITY RELATED THERETO.
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