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THE OTHERS. THE POSSIBILITY OF RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG TO
U.S WOULD APPLY ONLY TO THIS SECOND ALTERNATIVE. IN SPITE OF
YOUR DRAWING HIS ATTENTION TO IT, WE WONDER THEREFORE WHETHER STUTTERHEIM HAS IN FACT CONFUSED THE POINT ABOUT RESETTLEMENT,
AND WHETHER THIS HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONSULATE HERE. WE WOULD NOT WANT THE DUTCH, INADVERTENTLY OR PERHAPS CONSCIOUSLY, TO INTERPRET THE POINT ABOUT U.S LINKS AS
SOMEHOW MODIFYING THE UNDERTAKING WHICH THEY HAVE GIVEN TO ACCEPT
THE SEROOSKERK 61.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CLARIFY URGENTLY WITH STUTTERHEIM THAT
WE AND THE DUTCH UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER CLEARLY, AND THAT THEY
WILL TAKE ALL 61 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE ARE DOING THE SAME
WITH THE CONSULATE HERE.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
N AN D
SAD
MAED
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D
MVD
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
TORD NG LENNOX
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
2
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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