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7 OCTOBER 1986
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FOR DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY FROM KEN WOODHOUSE IN GENEVA
COPIED TO DELIA WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA
BEN TANG HKG OFFICE LONDON (PLEASE PASS TO LEEKS AT FCO)
UNHCR EXCOM : GENERAL DEBATE : USA
THE US REPRESENTATIVE MADE A VERY BRIEF STATEMENT IN WHICH HE REFERRED TO THE LONG STAYER PROBLEM WHICH CHALLENGES THE PATIENCE AND HOSPITALITY OF FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES. HE PLEDGED THAT THE USA WOULD QUOTE STAY THE COURSE WITH THEM UNQUOTE. HE HOPED THAT IN FORMAL EXCOM MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS AND SHARE THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
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2. THE AMERICANS SEEM TO BE KEEPING THEIR POWDER DRY. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE DURING EXCOM. HM AMBASSADOR HAS ARRANGED A LUNCH WITH THE IGC MEMBERS (US, AUSTRALIA AND CANADA) LATER THIS WEEK TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN INVITED. HOPEFULLY THE AMERICANS, AND OTHERS, WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING THEN.
ENDS
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