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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, BANGKOK, HANOI
MY TELNO 1949: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. FUNSETH (REFUGEE PROGRAMMES BUREAU)
TELEPHONED LATE
ON 20 JULY TO SAY THAT SELIN HAD ASKED HIM TO PASS ON ONE CORRECTION TO THE POINTS HE (SELIN) HAD MADE TO ME AT BREAK- FAST.
2. FUNSETH SAID THAT THE US WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF UNHCR. WE SAID THAT THIS WAS A NEW POINT, AND NOT A HELPFUL ONE. WE HAD GIVEN UNHCR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED AND HOPED THAT THEY WOULD BE LEFT TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS
ON WHETHER TO DO SO.
3. COMMENT: A TYPICALLY UNHELPFUL SPANNER IN THE WORKS FROM FUNSETH. THIS EPISODE SUGGESTS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE LEVEL OF SELIN IF WE ARE TO GET AWAY FROM THE DIFFICULTIES INTRODUCED BY THE REFUGEE PROGRAMMES BUREAU. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR GILLMORE TO SEE SELIN HERE NEXT WEEK.
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PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
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