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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPT WAS
RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 2606 OF 22/11 INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, HKGO BRUSSELS (JONES) INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, INFO PRIORITY HKGO NEW YORK (DORWARD). HKGO WASHINGTON (LO), INFO PRIORITY GENEVA (CARTLAND).
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: QUARTERLY UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING.
AT OUR INSISTANCE THE QUARTERLY UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING WAS
CONVENED ON 20 NOVEMBER. SOME OF THE UNHCR STAFF HAD SUGGESTED THAT
THESE MEETINGS SHOULD BE HELD LESS FREQUENTLY, BUT DEFERED TO OUR
PRESSURE FOR A MEETING.
2. THE MAJOR TOPIC ON THE AGENDA WAS THE REACTION TO THE APPEAL
WHICH WE MADE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING IN JULY TO RESETTLE 100
REFUGEES EACH MONTH FROM THE TWO OPEN CENTRES SO AS TO ENABLE US
TO CLOSE JUBILEE AND CREATE ON COMBINED OPEN CENTRE. WE EMPHASISED
THE FACT THAT THE FIRST 20 REFUGEES WERE LEAVING FOR UK THAT DAY, AND
THEREAFTER, WOULD LEAVE AT THE RATE OF 40 EACH MONTH. WE POINTED
OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE UK FAMILY REUNION CASES CAME FROM THE
OPEN CENTRES.
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