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TELNO 563
OF 231715Z DECEMBER 88
AND TO PRIORITY HANOI, HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON
INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO
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YOUR TELNO 829: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: DRAFTING GROUP
1. WE WERE HOPING THAT THE NEXT MEETING WOULD TAKE PLACE IN GENEVA UNDER UNHCR CHAIRMANSHIP AND ATTRACT SENIOR REPRESENTATION FROM CAPITALS. THIS SEEMS ESSENTIAL IF THE DAMAGE DONE AT THE LAST MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR IS TO BE REPAIRED. AS IT IS, A MEETING AS EARLY AS 4-6 JANUARY IN BANGKOK WOULD PRECLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM HERE AND THE ELABORATION OF CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS, GRANTED THAT THE INTERVENING PERIOD IS LARGELY HOLIDAY.
2. IF JAMBOR IS DETERMINED TO PROCEED, WE WOULD NOT DIE IN A LAST DITCH IN OPPOSING HIM. BUT WE FRANKLY DOUBT WHETHER THE MEETING WILL MAKE MUCH PROGRESS AND WOULD MUCH PREFER A MEETING IN GENEVA UNDER JAMBOR'S BOSS, VIEIRO DE MELLO.
3. IF THIS MEETING GOES AHEAD, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO BRIEF YOU. IN THE INTEREST OF ENSURING SOME DEGREE OF CONTINUITY, WE WONDER WHETHER PATRIDGE AND BARNES WOULD BE READY AND WILLING TO ATTEND, IF BOTH CAN BE SPARED.
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