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PARA 7(C): THIS SECTION ON LEGAL ASPECTS COULD USEFULLY

INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE RESERVATION WHICH HMG ENTERED

ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG ON SIGNING THE 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION.

PARA 9: ALTHOUGH PARAGRAPH 18 COVERS THE UNHCR ARGUMENT

THAT NO VIETNAMESE SHOULD BE RETURNED WITHOUT A GUARANTEE

OF HUMANE TREATMENT, A BRIEF REFERENCE TO THE POINT SHOULD

BE INCLUDED IN THIS GENERAL PARAGRAPH.

PARA 10(A): TWO OF THE EXAMPLES GIVEN (IE AFGHANISTAN AND

ETHIOPIA) ARE NOT QUESTIONS OF RESETTLEMENT. THE NUMBER OF

AFGHAN OR ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE CHANGED

US OR CANADIAN DECISIONS ON THEIR RESETTLEMENT INTAKE FROM

SE ASIA.

PARA 10(D), LINES 8-10: THE SIMILAR REMARKS' HAVE BEEN

MADE MORE WIDELY THAN INDICATED. THE SENTENCE MIGHT READ

SIMILAR REMARKS HAVE BEEN MADE BY US, AUSTRALIAN AND

UNHCR OFFICIALS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN GENEVA''

PARA 12: THE LIST OF REASONS WHY A RESIDUAL CASE-LOAD

CAUSES CONCERN OMITS THE POINT THAT. A LONG PERIOD OF

INCARCERATION IS NOT A SUITABLE WAY TO PREPARE REFUGEES

FOR RESETTLEMENT. UNHCR AND OTHERS ARE CONCERNED THAT REFUGEES WHO SPEND A LONG TIME IN THE CLOSED CAMPS WILL

LOSE THE WILL TO MAINTAIN THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

PARA 12(B): THE LOBBYING, PRESUMABLY, WILL BE TO CLOSE

THE CAMPS. SHOULD THIS NOT BE SPELLED OUT?

PARA 14, LINE 4: SHOULD THE WORDS INCLUDING REFUGEES'' BE

INCLUDED?

PARA 14(B), LINES 14 AND 15: A REFERENCE SHOULD BE INCLUDED TO THE EFFECT THAT INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH UNHCR'S UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL VIETNAMESE

WHO LEAVE ILLEGALLY ARE ENTITLED TO REFUGEE STATUS.

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PARA 18, LINE 13: CHANGE THE START OF THE SENTENCE TO READ 'HE THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE THAT THE VIETNAMESE.

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PARA 20, LINES 9-12: THIS SENTENCE BEGS THE QUESTION WHETHER

UNHCR WOULD COOPERATE IN SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT. WE BELIEVE

THEY WOULD NOT (SEE COVERING TELELETTER).

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