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FOR WOODHOUSE FROM FRENCH RPTD LONDON (CC TO LEEKS IN FCO)
JEAFFRESON (909), NEW YORK, WASHINGTON,
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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PLEASE ARRANGE TO FLY TO PARIS ON 16 OCTOBER IN TIME TO ARRIVE AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY 35 RUE DU FAUBOURG ST HONORE (ALLOW A GOOD HOUR FROM THE AIRPORT) AT 11.30 AM TO SEE MR GRAHAM FRY. I WILL MEET YOU THERE. ANY PROBLEMS (EG FLIGHTS FULLY BOOKED), PLEASE LET ME KNOW URGENTLY.
2.
THE PROGRAMME FOR 16 AND 17 OCTOBER SO FAR IS AS FOLLOWS:
16/10
11.30 12.00
BRITISH EMBASSY (GRAHAM FRY)
TO FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY (QUAI D'ORSAY) MEETING WITH MARCHAND (CABINET OF DUMAS, FOREIGN MINISTER) AND PROBABLY MME MAUROY
SEE PARA 3 BELOW)
WITH FRY
LUNCH
PM
TO BRUSSELS (BY TRAIN OR CAR TO BE DETERMINED).
17/10
11.00
MEETING AT BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
(H BEYENS, ASIA / POLITICAL AND J DESY, REFUGEES) ACCOMPANIED BY LEYCESTER COLTMAN, COUNSELLOR/ HEAD OF CHANCERY, BRITISH EMBASSY, BRUSSELS
3.
EVE
TO LONDON.
THE MME MAUROY REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOW IN GENEVA FOR EXCOM. IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE BEFORE SHE RETURNS TO PARIS THIS WEEKEND, MENTION THE MEETING ON 16/10 TO HER AND SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF SHE COULD ATTEND WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.
4.
ON ADVICE OF BRITISH EMBASSY, BONN, NO (NO) VISIT PLANNED TO GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. REGRETTABLY THE REACTION TO HMG'S 'DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE WITH THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SWIFT AND NEGATIVE. NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY A FURTHER VISIT NOW.
5.
SIMILAR ADVICE, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM BRITISH EMBASSY, THE HAGUE IN RESPECT OF THE DUTCH. THEIR LINE IS FIRMLY THAT ALL APPROACHES SHOULD BE CHANNELLED THROUGH UNHCR. UNLESS YOU HAVE PICKED UP AN INDICATION FROM THE DUTCH REPRESENTATIVE AT THE UNHCR EXCOM THAT A CALL NEXT WEEK ON THEIR HOME GROUND WOULD HELP, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE IDEA OF A VISIT TO THE HAGUE CAN ALSO BE DROPPED.
6. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU WEDNESDAY NEXT.
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