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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 18010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 848
OF 17150OZ APRIL 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
(18)
(19)
YOUR TELNO 832, YOUR TELNO 1195 AND UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 203
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : FINANCE
1.
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMENTS IN SECOND TUR AND THE REPORT IN THIRD TUR. WE WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM UNHCR AND INTEND TO RETURN TO THE CHARGE IN GENEVA.
2.BUT WE DO RECOGNISE THAT UNHCR WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY IN MOUNTING AN
APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR WHAT WILL BECOME A DETENTION CENTRE AT
WHITEHEAD. WE ARE THEREFORE ALSO CONSIDERING TWO POSSIBLE FALLBACK
POSITIONS:
(A) REQUESTING UNHCR TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF THE PILLAR POINT
APPEAL TO INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION IDENTIFIED IN PARA 2(A) OF YOUR TELNO 1144, AND MAKING WHATEVER CONTRIBUTION WE CAN TO THAT APPEAL: OR
(B)
MAKING WHATEVER CONTRIBUTION WE CAN IN RESPONSE TO THE
APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR PILLAR POINT.
NEITHER OF THESE OPTIONS IS IDEAL. BUT IF WE WERE TO MAKE AN
EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CONTRIBUTION BY HMG TO EITHER OF THEM WOULD THAT ENABLE YOU TO STEER THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS THROUGH FINANCE COMMITTEE?
3. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE ABOVE, TO REACH US AND UKMIS GENEVA DESKBY 18090OZ.
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