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HKK 243/13. FEULIV:
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#GISTRY- Action Taken
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14 OCTOBER 1936
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FOR DAVID JEAFFRESON,
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY
FROM KEN WOODHOUSE IN GENEVA
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COPIED TO : DELIA WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA
BEN TANG, HKG OFFICE LONDON (PLEASE PASS TO
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FURTHER TO UKMIS GENEVA'S TELNO 539, I HAVE SPOKEN
TO THE CANADIANS AND AUSTRALIANS ABOUT THE SATURDAY MORNING
ALL TO WHOM I SPOKE STRESSED (11 OCTOBER) MEETING OF THE IGC.
THAT THE INFORMATION WAS NOT (NOT) FOR ATTRIBUTION.
PROTECT.
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SHEEHAN (CANADA) SAID ON FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER THAT HIGH COMMISSIONER HOCKE HAD SUBMITTED A 14 PAGE REPLY TO THE QUESTIONS POSED BY THE IGC AT ITS LAST MEETING WITH HIM IN THE SUMMER. ALTHOUGH THE REPLY WAS QUOTE POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING UNQUOTE, IT REQUIRED MUCH MORE WORK.
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SHEEHAN SAID THAT THE DANES, CONCERNED AT MASS MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE (HE REFERRED TO A RECENT SPEECH BY THE DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER), WERE THINKING OF TAKING THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF SOLUTIONS TO THE REFUGEE PROBLEMS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HOCKE AND THE IGC MEMBERS WERE AGAINST THIS AND WERE TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE A SUFFICIENT LACK OF INERTIA IN THE IGC TO HEAD OFF THE DANES.