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TELEGRAM NUMBER 160 OF 8 JUNE
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INFO UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, CANBERRA, GOVERNOR HONG KONG,
OUR APPROACH TO MCARTHUR (MY TELNO 155 TO FCO) REINFORCED TODAY WITH NANCY MULLINS HEAD OF UN. DIVISION.
2. SHE WAS RECEPTIVE TO OUR PLEADING ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG AND EXPLAINED THAT SUBMISSION ALREADY MADE TO MINISTERS RECOMMENDED INCREASE IN NUMBERS THIS AND NEXT YEAR AND GREATER FLEXIBILITY OF SOURCE AGAINST BACKGROUND THAT PRESENT POLICY WAS FORMED WHEN
MALAYSIA AND THAILAND WERE THE QUOTE FRONT LINE UNQUOTE STATES
RECEIVING REFUGEES, ANY INCREASE IS LIKELY TO BE SYMBOLIC.
3. SHE WAS IMPRESSED BY PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS CONFERENCE AND
UNDERTOOK TO REPORT REPRESENTATIONS TO MINISTERS,
4ta SHE WILL RECOMMEND APPROACHES TO SOVIET UNION AND VIETNAM ALTHOUGH ACCREDITATION TO VIETNAM IS BEING MOVED FROM PEKING TO
BANGKOK AND MFA WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER MECHANICS.
5. MFA HOPE TO HAVE SHAPED UP FEELINGS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, ALTHOUGH FINAL DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO AWAIT MR MULDOON'S RETURN FROM LONDON. YOU WILL NO DOUBT WISH TO SPEAK TO HIM ON THIS SUBJECT.
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MFA HAVE HEARD THAT FRENCH HAVE CUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO TAKE REFUGEES BY HALF. IS THIS TRUE? DOES IT REPRESENT A EUROPEAN VIEW?
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