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FM HANOI 0700592 FEB 80
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TELNO 19 OF 7 FEBRUARY
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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG BANGKOK WASHINGTON CANBERRA OTTAWA AND VIENTIANE,
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. THE NEW HEAD OF UNHCR HERE, CLARANCE, IS TAKING
A MUCH MORE SOMBRE VIEW OF THE PROSPECTS FOR THE EXPANDED 7-POINT PROGRAMME THAN HIS PREDECESSOR. HE CONSIDERS THAT THE KEY TO ANY REASONABLE SUCCESS LIES IN MAKING USE OF US WILLINGNESS TO TAKE 1,000 PAROLE CASES A MONTH. UNFORTUNATELY, VIETNAMS LIST OF 21,900 PEOPLE,
TO WHOM SHE IS WILLING TO GIVE EXIT VISAS, HAS PRODUCED ONLY 14 WITH ANY CONNEXION WITH THE USA, THE US LIST CF 9,300 NAMES HAS ALSO PRODUCED VERY FEW
VHICH THE VIETNAMESE ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER, LOCAL VIET MAMESE AUTHORITIES WHO SEE THE APPLICANTS DO NOT SUPPLY THE UNHOR WITH ADEQUATE DETAILS, EG THAT AN APPLICANT ONCE WORKED FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY IN
VIETNAM OR HAS A RELATIVE LIVING IN THE USA, UNHCR THEM- SELVES ARE HOT ALLOWED TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS AND THEREFORE HAVE CREAT DIFFICULTY IN ESTABLISHING
A CLANK TO DE A PAROLE CASE, AT THE NOMENT