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WOULD BE ABOUT 250,000 FRANC PER KILOMETRE SEMICOLON THIS IS CERTAINLY A CONSIDERABLE UNDERESTIMATE. THE SECOND EXPENSE
WOULD BE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES TO THE AREA. THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING. IF THE RMODEL OF THE MONGS WERE TO BE FOLLOWED, RUNNING EXPENSES WOULD RUN AT ABOUT 40 FRANCS PER HEAD PER DAY. IT WOULD ALSO BE
NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RUNNING WATER. THE BILL FOR SUCH A SMALL NUMBER
WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE.
5. THE COMMISSAIRE DID NOT UNDERSTAND STUMPF'S EXTRAVAGANT CLAIMS
AND ASKED WHETHER HE HAD OFFICIAL STATUS. I SAID THAT HE BELONGED
TO A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION AND HAD NO OFFICIAL STATUS. IN VIEW
OF THE INFORMATION GIVEN ME IN CAYENNE, I AGREE THAT THERE IS NO
CHANCE OF FRENCH GUIANA ACCEPTING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG
IN ANY NUMBERS, IF AT ALL, IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
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