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THIS EXTENT DISCUSSION WAS EDUCATIVE. BUT THEY ALSO THOU THEIR GOVERNMENTS MIGHT NEED MORE INFORMATION ON ATTITUDES AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF COUNTRIES WHICH COULD BE ASKED TO ADMIT REFUGEES, EG IN LATIN AMERICA, BEFORE CONSIDERING AN INITIATIVE.
3. DELEGATIONS WITH FIRST REPORTS OF JAKARTA CONFERENCE (JAKARTA TELEGRAM NO 138 WAS TIMELY) TOOK VIEW THAT NO GREATER PROGRESS COULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED ON A SCHEME
WHICH AT BEST WOULD BE A TEMPORARY PALLIATIVE. GERMANS SAID THEIR ATTITUDE WAS DISTINCTLY LUKEWARM, AS THEY UNDERSTOOD WAS UNHCR'S. BUT THEY FULLY SUPPORTED NEED
FOR HONG KONG TO HAVE ACCESS. ITALIANS HAD ALREADY TOLD
US IN LONDON THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT BRITISH VIEW IN JAKARTA.
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