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INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, THE HAGUE, CAIRO, STOCKHOLM, OSLO, BERNE, HONG KONG
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MY LETTER OF 13 SEPTEMBER TO LEVER (UND): UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR).
1. IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT TO THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EXCOM) TODAY, MR HARTLING ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST EXCOM IN WHICH HE WOULD PARTICIPATE. HIS INTENTION TO LEAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS THUS NOW ON THE RECORD.
2. HARTLING ALSO SAID HE AHD BEEN MUCH HEARTENED BY THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE UK WOULD MAKE AN IMPORTANT NEW EFFORT TO HELP RELIEVE THE VIETNAM REFUGEE BURDEN IN HONG KONG. THOSE NOW TO BE ADMITTED TO THE UK WOULD CERTAINLY INCLUDE SOME LONG-STAYERS AND THE BRITISH WHITE PAPER LEFT OPEN THE DOOR TO FURTHER NUMBERS BEING ADMITTED LATER. HONG KONG HAD ALSO PLEDGED TO DO ITS PART IN ABSORBING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF REFUGEES OF CHINESE ETHNIC ORIGIN. HARTLING TRUSTED THAT THIS GESTURE WOULD SERVE AS A STIMULUS FOR OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES.
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