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rid of. As my German colleague puts it; how many crotchety old ethnic-Chinese will Germany have to take in order to get their former Saigon Embassy and Goethe Institute employees out of Vietnam? The same question could, of course, be asked of our own six cases from Cammy Maideen's office.
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7. Such questions underlie the misgivings which some of my Community colleagues expressed to Johnsson and Clarance. They pointed out that the UNIICR had now got itself into the business of emigration, where it had no right to be (at least until UNHCR's charter is revised). If he had had the opportunity to reply, I think Johnsson would have said that, without this, today's emigrants would be tomorrow's refugees; to which I would have added that getting into the business of emigration appeared to be the only answer which anyone could think of for stopping the refugee "racket" and the appalling lose of life at sea. But the precedent is certainly dangerous; and I leave that thought for those who know far more about these matters than I do.
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8. Cn personalities, 1 was struck by the fact that Clarance appeurs to be a more practical and soum. administrator (in the British tradition) than the idealistic and rather unpractical Johnsson. ne is, of course, older and more experienced. a brief acquaintance, I would say he is a most suitable man for the job and a great improvement on his predecessor whose "pro-Vietnam" views were always liable to influence him in the direction of treating UNHICK primarily as an executant of Vietnamese policy. Clarance is well aware of the difficulties he will have with the Vietnamese as a result of his nationality. I have given him all the help and advice I can, amongst which was the thought that he should not see too much of me.
9. Finally, some practical points. I understand that the British list of people, whom we wish to get out of Vietnam, has already been handed to the UNHCR in London. This should probably be up-dated every two or three months. will this
be done in London, or should we do it here on the basis of visa promise letters we are authorised to issue?
10. Secondly, would long Long like us to pass to UNHCR here the list of people they wish to get out of Vietnam? lt world presumably include the six ex-members of Maideen's staff and their families.
11. Thirdly, when the expanded 7-point programme gets under way, there may be a chance for British airlines to obtain some business. Johnsson said th t he would probably be using airline companies of countries to whom the Vietnamese were being flown. But I wonder who thr american companies will be able to get in on this? In any case, there may be
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