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AS SOLE ACCOUNT OF HOW OUR MONEY IS SPENT. I INSISTED THAT THIS
WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRING SIGNED RECEIPTS FOR EVERY KILO OF RICE WE WOULD NEED DETAILED ACCOUNTS BOTH
TO SATISFY OUR OWN PAYMASTERS AND TO PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION
ON WHICH TO BASE A REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME AFTER THE FIRST 1000 RETURNS. CHUONG EVENTUALLY AGREED TO KEEP THE LANGUAGE IN PARAGRAPH B BUT EXRRESSED HIS CONCERN THAT THE MINISTRY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THE KIND OF ACCOUNTS REQUIRED. HE SUGGESTED THAT AFTER THE FIRST 1000 RETURNS HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY HOW MUCH MONEY
HAD GONE TO EACH PROVINCE BUT ACCOUNTS DETAILING HOW MONEY HAD BEEN SPENT UNDER EACH CATEGORY IN PARAGRAPH A WOULD HAVE TO WAIT THE END OF THE YEAR. HE CLAIMED THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE OF VIETNAMESE BUREAUCRATIC PROCEDURES AND WAS WHAT WAS FOLLOWED WITH THE UNHCR. I SUGGESTED THAT AS LONG AS THE PRINCIPLE OF PRESENTING ACCOUNTS
WAS ACCEPTED WE COULD DISCUSS MECHANICS AT A LATER DATE.
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GRATEFUL FOR VIEWS.
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SEE MIFT
PARTRIDGE
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ΜΑΙΝ
109
DISTRIBUTION
115
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
ADDITIONAL
6
INFO D
FINANCE D
RMD
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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