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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 207 OF 15 JULY 1976. INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, RANCOON, INFO ROUTINE PEKING, INFO SAVING HANOI,

YOUR TELNO 132: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO KELLY AT THE UNHCR ALONG THE LINES OF YOUR

TUR,

2. KELLY SAW THREE POSSIBLE WAYS OF SOLVING THIS REFUGEE PROBLEM: A) THE REFUGEES COULD STAY ON 20ARD THE 'AVA'' UNTIL SHE REACHES YOKOHAMA, HER NEXT PORT OF CALL. KELLY EXPECTED THAT THE JAPANESE WOULD GRANT THEM TEMPORARY ASYLUM WHILE THE UNHCR EXPLORED RESETT- LEMENT POSSIBILITIES ELSEWHERE,

KELLY HAD SEEN PRESS REPORTS THAT US OFFICIALS HAD INTERVIEWED THESE REFUGEES. HOPEFULLY THE MIGHT TAKE SOME OR ALL OF THEM. C) AN AIRLIFT ALONG THE LINES DESCRIBED IN YOUR TUR. KELLY WOULD SEE WHAT UNHCR COULD DO TO ENCOURAGE THE BURMESE TO ACCEPT THESE PEOPLE, THOUGH HE WAS NOT OPTOMISTIC.

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