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GENEVA ON 25/26 MAY.
4. WHILE THE MAIN FOCUS WOULD BE ON VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND THE APPROACH TO THE ICIR MCLAREN WOULD ALSO HOPE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THOSE DEALING WITH OTHER CURRENT TOPICS WITHIN HIS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. CAMBODIA, BURMA, CHINA, HONG KONG MORE GENERALLY CHE COULD BRING THE AMERICANS UP-TO-DATE ON THE WORK OF THE JLG) AND AFGHANISTAN ARE OBVIOUS CANDIDATES. THERE WILL NO DOUBT BE OTHERS. HE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DICK SOLOMON, WHOM HE ALREADY KNOWS, AND MRS LAFONTANT (ASSUMING THE LATTER IS ALREADY TAKING AN INTEREST IN REFUGEE MATTERS) BUT WOULD BE GUIDED BY YOU ON OTHER CONTACTS.
5. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE PROPOSED DATES ARE LIKELY TO BE CONVENIENT FOR THE AMERICANS.
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97
DISTRIBUTION
103
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
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HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
6
NEWS
PS
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
MR G-HARRISON
ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
HKGO LONDON
MRS B FAIR VSU QUEEN ANNES GTE
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