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TELNO 729
OF 211553Z JULY 86
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HONG KONG TELNO 6 TO PARIS AND UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 378:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
87
1. THE CONSISTENT FRENCH REFUSAL TO FIX A FIRM QUOTA FOR ECOLES SANS FRONTIERES (ESF) GRADUATES WAS REAFFIRMED TO LADY YOUNG BY BARIANI, THE FRENCH MINISTER RESPONSIBLE, ON 3 JUNE (AND AGAIN BY PICARD TO TSAO ON 25 JUNE). WE SEE LITTLE HOPE OF CHANGING THIS, ALTHOUGH
THERE IS NO HARM IN KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE TOGETHER WITH THE UNHCR
AND ESF. WE RETURNED TO THE CHARGE WITH BARIANI'S DIRECTEUR DU
CABINET ON 7 JULY. (REFUGEE MORALE AND CONFIDENCE ARE NOT LIKELY TO
PROVIDE AS CONVINCING ARGUMENTS AS A MORE DIRECT POLITICAL APPEAL.)
2. THE QUAI'S PRESENT LINE WAS PUT IN WRITING IN THE NOTE GIVEN TO
US ON 21 MAY BY WARREN (MY TELNO 530) INCLUDING THE STATEMENT THAT
ESF'S INITIATIVE CAN ONLY HELP THE SELECTION OF EXTRA REFUGEES''.
WE WONDER HOW FAR UNHCR HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THIS FORMULA AND THE
GENERAL FRENCH POLICY AND WHAT CONTACTS THEY HAVE THEMSELVES HAD
WITH THE GOVERNMENT HERE. THEY WOULD PRESUMABLY NOT WISH TO SEEM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLAPSE OF A PROJECT WHICH MIGHT RESETTLE 250
REFUGEES IN 2 YEARS. IS IT WORTH HAVING ANOTHER GO AT THEM TO07
FRETWELL
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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
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