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4. IT MIGHT WELL BE THAT UNHCR (OR I CEM ON HIS BEHALF) COULD EVENTUALLY HELP OVER DISPOSAL OF THE HARD CORE WE CANNOT RESETTLE THROUGH BILATERAL CHANNELS BY PROVIDING POLITICAL COVER FOR OTHERWISE RELUCTANT HOST GOVERNMENTS. BUT THE SEASON OF CLIMATIC DISASTERS HERE IS NOW BEGINNING, AND WE MAY SOON HAVE OTHER EMERGENCIES TO DEAL WITH. SO WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO WHAT MULTILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS (OR EVEN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM) MAY EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE, OUR PRESENT INCLINATION IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS AS FAR AND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE BY THE METHODS NOW BEING USED.

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