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3. WHEN WE CAST A FLY ABOUT USE OF ICEM'S HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE, JAEGER REJECTED THE IDEA AT ONCE, ARGUING THAT ICEM'S 'CONNECTIONS''

WITH WASHINGTON WERE SO CLOSE THAT THEY WERE LIABLE TO BE

UNACCEPTABLE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE PARTIES CONCERNED.

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JAEGER TOOK OPPORTUNITY TO REFER TO THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER'S TELEGRAM TO YOU OF 23 MAY. ALTHOUGH SOME MONEY (AMOUNT STILL

UNKNOWN) WAS EXPECTED FROM AMERICANS, IT WOULD NOT MEET ALL COSTS. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER WAS ALSO ANXIOUS TO BRING IN OTHER GOVERNMENTS

AND NOT TO APPEAR TOO DEPENDENT ON THE AMERICANS.

FCO PLS PASS COPY TO ODM DISASTER UNIT

HILDYARD

FILES

HKIOD (3)

SEAD

UN DEPT

MVD

FED

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

MR WILFORD

MR MALE

MR HAWLEY

COPIES TO:

DISASTER UNIT ODM

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