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RESTRICTED
FM TOKYO 1793152 JUL 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 389 OF 17 JULY, 1979
FOR FED
REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL
THE THAI-
f. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL, A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN TOKYO, WHICH CLAIMS TO HAVE COLLECTED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM INDO-CHINA AND TO HAVE RECEIVED ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE WORLD RELIEF COMMISSIONN FFOORR AANN IIMMMEEEDIATE AIRLIFT OF REFUGEEES FROM TIR CAMBODIAN BORDERS AND FROM MALLAYSIA, HAS WRITTEN TO THE AMBASSADOR AASKINNG FOR THE HEELP OF HMG IN OFFERRINNG ABANDONED COVERNMENT FACILITIES AS A PLACE OF TEMPORARY REFUCE FOR REFUGEES FROM INDO-CHINA.
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YOU MAY WISH TO BE AWARE OF THIS IN CASE THE QUESTÏON OF THE ROLE COFF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN REFUGEEE RELIEF OPERATIONS IS RAISED AT GENEVA. THE US EMBASSY HERE TAVES THE VIEW THAT.
A PROLIFERATION OF VOLUNTARY ORCALÍST