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彝 DE HAAN FELT THAT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE VIETNAMESE
WHICH RESPECTED UNHCR'S PRINCIPLES WAS AN ACHIEVEMENT. HE DESCRIBED
IT AS A QUCTE VERY FRAGILE THING UNQUOTE WHICH WOULD ONLY WORK
IF PEOPLE WANTED IT TO. A REGULAR DEPARTURE SCHEME SHOULD PROVIDE
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ATMOSPHERE WHICH WOULD BETER THOSE SAME
PEOPLE FRON TAKING TO THE BOATS, DE HAAN SAID THAT THE VERY FACT OF
A REGULAR TWICE-VEEKLY FLIGHT SCHEDULE WHICH HE HOPED WOULD START
AT THE END OF JUNE WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT GOING BEYOND THE NUMBERS
INVOLVED. HOWEVER HE HOPED THAT PERHAPS 23,900 COULD BE MOVED BY WE END OF THE YEAR, ALTHOUGH PRESSED DY THE VIETNAMESE, DE HAAN
HAD REFUSED TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO QUOTAS.
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DE PAAN SAID THAT THERE WERE BETWEEN 27/33,630 ENTRY VISAS AVAILABLE FOR NAMED PERSONS FROM THE US (5330), AUSTRALIA FRANCE, FRG, CANADA AND UK WHICH WERE OVER AND ABOVE THE
COMMITMENTS ALREADY MADE FOR RESETTLEMENT PLACES. I WAS PUZZLED THAT HE SHOULD INCLUDE THE UK, BUT HE EXPLAINED THAT THEY
VERE ONLY A HANDFUL OF NAMES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PASSED TO
UNHCR THROUGH HM EMBASSY IN HANOI OR THROUGH THE UNHCR LONDON
OFFICE. DE HAAN IS HOLDING A MEETING OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES
ON TUESDAY 12 JUNE TO DISCUSS FAMILY RE-UNIFICATION AND I SHALL BE
GRATEFUL BY THEN TO HAVE DETAILS OF WHERE WE STAND ON THIS . DE
PAAN SAID THAT THE UNHCR LISTS WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFULLY
DRAWN UP. IT WAS BY NO MEANS CERTAIN THAT THE MATCHING LISTS
CUBNITTED BY THE VICTA MESE WOULD CONTAIN ENOUGH OF THE SAME NAMES.
HE HAD EMPHASIZED THAT THEY MUST NOT REGARD THIS AS A QUOTE DUMPING
OPERATION UNQUOTE TO GET RID OF UNDESIRABLES. HE THOUGHT
THEY HAD TAKEN THE POINT. IN ANY CASE THEY HAD SAID THAT THERE
WOULD BE A BALANCE SEMICOLON UNDER 53% WOULD DE ETHNIC CHINESE.
6. ON THE WIDER ISSUES, DE HAAN SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT
THE VIETNAMESE INTENDED TO EXPEL THE ENTIRE CHINESE ETHNIC
COMMUNITY. THE VIETNAMESE HAD TALKED TO HIM OF A MAXIMUM
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233 AND A MINIMUN 299-333,033 WISHING TO LEAVE. BUT HE ITSELF PREFERRED NOT TO TALK IN TERMS OF NUMBERS LEST THEY BECAME
A CELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. WE SAID THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO
UNDERLINE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM OR TO MAKE ADEQUATE PLANS
WITHOUT TALKING OF NUMBERS.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
17. DE HAAN,