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UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 680 AND YOUR TELNO 440 (NEITHER TO BANGKOK): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: HONOLULU GROUP
1. WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR THE AMBASSADOR TO CALL ON THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AT 5.15 PM ON MONDAY, 5 JANUARY. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE THEN.
2. HIGH COMMISSIONER IS PREPARING A REVISED VERSION OF HIS INFORMAL PAPER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF COMMENTS MADE BY HONOLULU GROUP REPRESENTATIVES WHEN HE MET THEM ON 11 OCTOBER (YOUR TELNO 2933 TO
HONG KONG REFERS). THIS SHOULD BE READY IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME.
3. AUSTRALIAN MISSION SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECENT ACTIVITY BY THE HONOLULU GROUP APART FROM A BRIEFING ON 22 DECEMBER BY UNHCR ON
A LETTER FROM THE THAI GOVERNMENT TO UNHCR ON PLANNED CLOSURE OF
KHAO-1-DANG CAMP, (YOUR TELNO 438). COPY OF EXTRACT OF LETTER GIVEN
TO HONOLULU GROUP REPRESENTATIVES BY UNHCR, PASSED TO US BY THE AUSTRALIAN MISSION, WILL FOLLOW BY BAG.
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