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MDHIAN 6088
AND ON OTHER MATTERS WHICH
STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO
MISINTERPRETED BY ARRIVALS.
FELL DIRECTLY WITHIN ITS MANDATE. WE
EVIDENCE THAT WARNING NOTICE WAS BEING
6. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, I RECOMMEND CAUTION IN PRESSING FOR INCREASED UNHCR FUNDING OF REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. AS WE EXPLAINED IN OUR TELNO 357, THIS IS A SENSITIVE ISSUE, AND IT RISKS UNDERMINING THE SUPPORT WHICH WE HAVE GAINED FROM THE AUSTRALIANS, AMERICANS, CANADIANS AND JAPANESE. NOT ONLY IS THERE A SHORTAGE OF UNHCR FUNDS FOR ASIA, BUT HONG KONG IS NOT GENERALLY PERCEIVED AS A POOR COUNTRY.
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7. DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, DEWEY, HAS JUST BEGUN VISIT TO FAR EAST, INCLUDING TOKYO AND PEKING, WITH MOZAMBIQUE FOREIGN MINISTER AND OAU REPRESENTATIVE, TO DRUM UP SUPPORT FOR OAU/UNHCR SPONSORED REFUGEE CONFERENCE IN OSLO IN AUGUST. WE SUGGESTED THAT, IF TIME PERMITTED, DEWEY MIGHT VISIT HONG KONG IN
THE COURSE OF HIS TRIP.
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LEGAL ADVISERS
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MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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