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I MENTIONED THAT FINLAND HAD INDICATED THAT IT WOULD SEND ANOTHER MISSION TO HONG KONG NEXT YEAR AND THE NETHERLANDS WAS LOOKING TO THE UNHCR FOR AN INDICATION WHETHER TO SEND ANOTHER MISSION TO HONG KONG. COOPER SAID THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO THE DUTCH AND THOUGHT THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE 40/50 EARLY IN 1987 WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FURTHER OFFTAKE LATER IN THE YEAR. CLINTON LEEKS EXPLAINED THAT A RECENT OFFER FROM GREECE TO TAKE ONE FAMILY FROM HONG KONG NEEDED TO BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE UNHCR.
8. I THEN TOOK ISSAKA THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS OF THIS YEAR'S ARRIVALS, CONCLUDING THAT THE PULL FACTOR WAS UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE. I CITED THE GREATER OFFTAKE FROM MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA AND THE EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS OF INCOMING REFUGEES.
9. OVER LUNCH (WITH COOPER AND HANSEN) WE DISCUSSED HONG KONG'S POSITION VIS-A-VIS OTHER PLACES IN THE REGION, COOPER PRODUCED TWO TABLES (COPIES FOLLOW BY BAG) WHICH, HE SAID, SUGGESTED THAT OTHERS IN THE REGION, PARTICULARLY MALAYSIA WERE MORE IN NEED. HE CITED THE FACT THAT OUR REFUGEE POPULATION HAD REDUCED AT A GREATER RATE THAN ELSEWHERE. I REPLIED THAT WE STILL HAD MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE AND HIS FIGURES (UP TO AUGUST) DID NOT REFLECT THE FACT THAT NUMBERS IN HONG KONG WERE ON THE INCREASE. EVEN HIS FIGURES SHOWED THAT OUR LONG STAYER PROBLEM WAS MANY TIMES LARGER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE REGION.
10. I MENTIONED RASRO AND THE RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE AND COOPER WAS HE VOLUNTEERED AWARE OF THE RECENT DIFFICULTIES OVER GUARANTEES. THAT THIS WAS ENTIRELY THE FAULT OF UNHCR, HONG KONG (WHICH IT WAS)
HE ALSO TOOK UP MY AND SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. SUGGESTION THAT MORE GUIDANCE WAS REQUIRED FOR THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG. HE AGREED TO TRY TO SET THIS UP.
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11. COOPER IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE BEING DANGEROUS, BASIC INFORMATION IS FREQUENTLY WRONG AND HIS ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS SUSPECT (THE NORTHERNER'S THEORY IN PARA 4 ABOVE). IS WELL AWARE OF THIS NOW AND WE MUST KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH TO COMBAT HIS INCOMPETENCE.
12. MY READING OF WHAT WAS SAID IS THAT HONG KONG WILL NOT RECEIVE THE STRONG PUSH OF LAST YEAR. WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE TO RE-ESTABLISH THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR PROBLEM. BUT WE SHALL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PRESS - MAINLY IN GENEVA. WE MUST REBUT THE LINE ABOUT HONG KONG HAVING THE GREATEST PROPORTIONAL DECREASE THIS YEAR. OUR UP-TO-DATE FIGURES WILL SHOW THAT OUR REFUGEE POPULATIONS IS ON THE INCREASE.
13. THE FINNISH, DUTCH AND GREEK OFFERS MUST BE FOLLOWED UP.
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