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AS WELL TO PROD THE UNHCR INTO BOOKING HOTELS ETC.
5. I AM SURPRISED THAT SO LITTLE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
DONE IN HONG KONG BY THE UNHCR. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GENEVA WHO PASSED THROUGH HERE IN EARLY OCTOBER, ALEXANDRE CASELLA, GAVE ME THE STRONG IMPRESSION THAT HE WOULD BE ORGANISING CHARTER FLIGHTS VERY SOON INDEED. I WOULD IMPHASISE THE POINT IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF HANOI TELNO 455. THE TWICE WEEKLY THAI INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ARE NORMALLY HEAVILY BOOKED AND ALL TOO FREQUENTLY OVERBOOKED. THAI INTERNATIONAL TREAT THE CAPTIVE AUDIENCE HERE IN HANOI WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONTEMPT. THEY WOULD BE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING BOOKINGS FROM GROUPS SUCH AS THE RETURNEES AND OFF LOADING FOR
INSTANCE OUR COURIERS. I RECOMMEND STRONGLY THAT WE DO NOT GIVE THEM THIS BUSINESS. SURELY MEDIUM SIZE AIRCRAFT ARE AVAILABLE
FOR CHARTER IN THE REGION?
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
ΜΑΙΝ
91
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
96
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
5
MR J MACHIN DIS/U ODA 2 COPIES
MR G-HARRISON ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
HKGO LONDON
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