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TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO 18 OF 19 AUGUST.

GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO UNHCR FROM JACKSON.

HK 53. FURTHER MY 45 AAA DEPARTURES TO DATE. CANADA 366, TAIWAIN 1, USA 753, AUSTRALIA 208, FRANCE 334, NEW ZEALAND 1, BELGIUM 14, GERMANY 1, SWITZERLAND 1, ACCEPTED HONG KONG 103. TOTAL 1782 LEAVING PENDING CASELOAD 2127. BBB: DEPARTURES USA FLIGHT 6 AUGUST 50 PERSONS, FLIGHT 7 AUGUST 50 PERSONS, FLIGHT 12 AUGUST 257 PERSONS, FLIGHT 16 AUGUST 261 PERSONS. FOR PROJECTED FLIGHT 21 AUGUST TENTATIVE NUMBER 115. HAVE RECEIVED CONFIDENTIAL

INDICATION THAT ABOUT 400 FURTHER PERSONS WILL BE ADMITTED USA A THAT MOVEMENT APPROXIMATE TOTAL 1300 PERSONS TO BE COMPLETED MID-SEPTEMBER. CCC: CRITERIA APPLIED US AUTHORITIES IN MOST

RECENT SELECTIONS NOT CLEARLY APPARENT AND ONLY 48 PERSONS COVERED BY SURVEY MENTIONED BBB MY 35 SO FAR SCHEDULED FOR MOVEMENT. DDD: REMAINDER PERSONS AND ANY DEPENDENTS INCLUDED SURVEY FALL INTO FOLLOWING CATEGORIES CATEGORY 1 PERSONS HAVING PARENT(S), SPOUSES, AND/OR CHILDREN USA (182). CATEGORY 11 SINGLE PERSONS HAVING ONE OR MORE BROTHERS/SISTERS US (102). CATEGORY 111

FAMILIES WITH ONE OR MORE BROTHERS/SISTERS OF EITHER SPOUSE USA (137). CATEGORY 1V SPECIAL CATEGORY OF PERSONS MENTIONED EEE MY 35. WHOSE ADMISSION USA JUSTIFIED STRONG HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS (82).

CATEGORY V MISCELLANEIOUS CATEGORY OF PERSONS WITH MORE DISTANT RELATIVES IN USA 1.E. AUNTS, COUSINS, BROTHERS/SISTERS-IN-LAW WHO