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TELEGRAM NUMBER 17 OF 16 JULY 1979
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INFO PRIORITY FCO, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON.
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YOUR TELNO 21: MEETING WITH DAYAL DURING REALEZ CONFERENCE
1. I MENTIONED THIS TO DAYAL WHEN I TOOK RON BRIDGE TO SEE HIM TODAY, HE SAID HE WOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE A TALK WITH YOU. HE WAS THINKING IN TERMS OF EARLY AUGUST FOR THE DATE FOR DISCUSSING ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. THE VENUE COULD BE DECIDED WHEN HE SEES YOU. UNFORTUNATELY HE HIMSELF 13 LEAVING UNHCR SOON.
2. DAYAL MAINTAINED THAT RESETTLEMENT QUOTAS ARE NOT
FORMALLY WITHIN THE GIFT OF UNHCR. HE EXPRESSED SURPRISE WHEN WE MENTIONED THAT CERTAIN RECIPIENT COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE NETHERLANDS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY UNHCR TO GIVE ALL THEIR PLACES TO MALAYSIA. HE WOULD LOOK INTO THIS. HE HOPED THAT YOUR SUB-PARA 111 DID NOT MEAN YOU HAD DOUBTS ABOUT RASANAYAGAM."
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