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7. FROM OUR CONTACT IN STANDING CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES (NANCY RICE- JONES, WHO IS SYMPATHETIC TO HONG KONG AND HKG), THE UNHCR LINE WITH WANDERERS WILL PE TO GIVE THEM A PATIENT EAR AND THEN TO SAY NO MORE THAN THAT THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECIEVE ANY EVIDENCE WHICH WANDERERS MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, AND, IF NO PORE EVIDENCE IS PROVID- ED THERE IS LITTLE THEY COULD DO.
2. ACCORDING TO QUOTE SING TAO (EUROPEAN EDITION) UNQUOTE TODAY, WANDERERS FEEL FRUSTRATED BY THE DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED HERE AND INTEND TO PROTEST TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 10 DOWNING STREET AND HOUSE OF COMMONS AGAINST HKG'S POLICY OF QUOTE ARREST AND REPATRIATE UNQUOTE. TRANSLATION AND CLIPPING IN FULL WILL FOLLOW BY DESPATCH.
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