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Date 16 February 1982
Dear Clive
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: ORDERLY DEPARTURES
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Your letter FA 243/5 of 25 January covered two points; the level of any contributions in response to the appeal for funds for the Orderly Departure Programme (ODP) and the UNHCR's use of the phrase 'legal departures'.
2. On the first issue the sum so far pledged is $1.4 million. This is made up as follows:
Finland
FRG
$102,000 $160,000
Ireland
$ 47,250
Norway
$175,000
Sweden
$500,000
Switzerland
USA
$111,000
$350,000 (for administrative costs)
Denmark have also shown interest and their pledge is expected to be about $400,000 but this has not been confirmed.