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FM UKMIS NEW YORK
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1783
OF 110155Z NOVEMBER 89
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON
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YOUR TELNO 780: REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: UNHCR
MONITORING
1. I CALLED ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON 10 NOVEMBER AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED, EMPHASISING THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF OUR RETURNING GENUINE REFUGEES TO VIETNAM. PEREZ DE CUELLAR SAID HE WAS QUITE CLEAR ON THIS POINT. HE WOULD TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH UNHCR OFFICIALS.
2. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW LONG THE INTERREGNUM WILL LAST BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. THE SECRETARY- GENERAL SAID HE HOPED HE COULD PRESENT STOLTENBERG AS HIS CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEXT WEEK. THE AFRICANS HAD
WANTED TO MAKE A DEAL OVER STOLTENBERG'S APPOINTMENT (WE HEAR THAT THIS WOULD INVOLVE THE APPOINTMENT OF AN AFRICAN AS A NEW DEPUTY). BUT HE HAD TOLD THEM THAT THE FIRST STEP WAS THE ELECTION OF STOLTENBERG: THEREAFTER THE LATTER WOULD HAVE INFLUENCE OVER FUTURE APPOINTMENTS. BUT PEREZ DE CUELLAR DID NOT KNOW WHEN STOLTENBERG WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE UP HIS NEW POSITION.
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