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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 525
OF 221512Z AUGUST 1989
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, HANOI, WASHINGTON
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HONG KONG TELNO MISC 691: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REPATRIATION COUNSELLING
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1 VIEIRA DE MELLO (UNHCR) HAS CLARIFIED HOCKE'S REMARKS ON NUMBER OF UNHCR STAFF IN HONG KONG EMPLOYED SOLELY ON VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION COUNSELLING.
2. A TARGET OF TEN STAFF IS ENVISAGED. THE HEAD OF THE TEAM HAS BEEN RECRUITED AND WILL TAKE UP HIS POST IN SEPTEMBER. AT LEAST SIX COUNSELLORS ARE BEING RECRUITED LOCALLY IN HONG KONG. MEANWHILE GENERALIST UNHCR STAFF ARE BEING EMPLOYED ON COUNSELLING DUTIES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A FINNISH LADY.
3. THE PACE OF RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN DICTATED BY UNHCR'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. UNHCR HQ SO FAR HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO THE HONG KONG OFFICE PENDING FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DONORS.
4. GRATEFUL IF WASHINGTON COULD PASS A COPY OF THIS TELEGRAM TO
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