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THEY HOPED THIS WOULD NOT BECOME A STICKING POINT AT OUR TALKS.
DE MELLO SUGGESTED THAT THEY SHOUDL FACE UP TO THE FACT THAT WE
WOULD NOT LET THEM OFF THE HOOK QUITE SO EASILY.
4. DE MELLO HANDED OVER A LIST OF VOLUNTEERS (I BELIEVE HE SAID 70) AND INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO SEE THE M BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. HE TOLD ME THAT IN HIS VIEW THE VIETNAMESE WOULD
DEFINATELY WANT REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE FOR THIS FIRST BATCH
AND THAT IN ALL PROBABILITY UNHCR WOULD PAY THIS HAVING RAISED THE
FUNDS FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE UK OR HONG KONG.
5. I APOLOGISE IF THIS IS A BIT THIN BUT MOST OF MY TIME ALONE
WITH DE MELLO WAS SPENT DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM SPELT OUT IN MY
TELNO 350 OF 'O SEPT (NOT TO ALL) ABOUT WHICH STILL NO NEWS FROM
GENEVA.
PARTRIDGE
YYYY
MAIN
107
DISTRIBUTION
111
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (I)
ECD (E)
SPD
ADDITIONAL
4
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MRS WYETH ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
HKGO LONDON
MR G-HARRISON ODA
N N N N
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