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UNDER REFERENCE.
8. ONCE THE NEWS OF THE HARDER AMERICAN APPROACH BECOMES
GENERALLY KNOWN WE SHALL BE ASKED WHAT OUR ASSESSMENT OF ITS
IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR HONG KONG. WE SHALL SAY THAT IT APPEARS
TO REDUCE RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND WILL THEREFORE MAKE IT
MORE DIFFICULT FOR UNHCR TO DISPERSE THOSE HERE.
9. WE ARE REASSESSING OUR ESTIMATES OF LIKELY INFLOW AND OUTFLOW
FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IN THE MEANTIME IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
OTHER POSTS TO WHOM I AM COPYING THIS REPORT COULD COMMENT ON
THE LIKELY IMPACT OF THE NEW AMERICAN POLICIES IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE TERRITORIES.
10. COPY OF THIS TELELETTER BEING DESPATCHED TO WASHINGTON BY
BAG.
SIGNED L M DAVIES.
ENDS.
SIGNED P J WILLIAMSON
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