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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 233 OF 1 JULY
FOLLOWING FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT
FROM FENN
1. SECRETARY OF STATE RECORDED AN INTERVIEW WITH JIM BIDDULPH OF THE BBC TV NEWS ABOUT REFUGEES WHICH WILL BE USED ON TV TOMORROW NIGHT, 2 JULY. PLEASE MONITOR.
2. MAIN POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) LORD CARRINGTON HOPED THAT THE UN CONFERENCE WOULD PRODUCE ENHANCED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNHCR AND ADMISSIONS FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT, PARTICULARLY FROM COUNTRIES WHO HAD SO FAR DONE LITTLE OR NOTHING. THE FACT THAT THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE