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MDHIAN 0721
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FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 554
OF 2003OOZ OCTOBER 89
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG AND UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 344 TO HANOI
THE ESTIMATES YOU ASKED US FOR ARE:
RENTING AN GFFICE: NO OFFICES AVAILABLE. ONLY POSSIBILITY IS TO WORK FROM A HOTEL. COST APPRO: US DOLLARS 46 PER DAY.
TELEPHONE: US DOLLARS 175 TO INSTALL.US DOLLARS 25 RENTAL PER
MONTH. UK PHE CALL US DOLLARS 18 FOR 3 MINUTES.
FAX: NOT AVAILABLE.
ACCOMMODATION: SEE ABOVE.
INTERPRETER: US DOLLARS 320 APPROX PER MONTH.
DRIVER: US DOLLARS 220 PER MONTH (EXCLUDING OVERTIME).
HIRE OF VEHILCE AND DRIVER: US DOLLARS 33 PER DAY, PLUS US DOLLARS 0.33 PER KILOMETRE.
SECRETARY: US DOLLARS 270 PER MONTH.
2. WE RECALL THAT IN JULY 1989 HONG KONG (TELNO 2236 TO FCO) REPORTED A UNHCR ESTIMATE OF THE COST O REPATRIATION OF 500 PEOPLE: THE ELEMENT ENTITLED ''AADMINISTRATIVE COSTS'' IS PUT AT US DOLLARS 110,000.
3. THE ACTING UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE (WHO ASKED FOR OUR DISCREATION)
SHOWED WHITEHEAD A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE SIIMR BUDGET (FOR THE REPATRIATION OF 500 PERSONS, IN THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1989. THE TOTAL COST WAS SHOWN AS US DOLLARS 359,000, OF WHICH AN ITEM ENTITLED 'UNHCR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ACCOUNTED FOR US DOLLARS 70,000 (NOT 110,000).
4. IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS OF RUNNING AN OFFICE IN HANOI, THERE WOULD BE THE COSTS OF TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION, ETC. FOR
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