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3. PARAS 1 AND 2 ABOVE ARE A SUMMARY OF A LONG CONVERSATION, DURING WHICH IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE US IS WILLING TO TAKE ALL THE PRESENT BATCH OF REFUGEES, BUT WILL NOT GIVE AN UNDERTAKING TO THAT EFFECT IN ADVANCE OF THEIR BEING LANDED, BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENT THIS WOULD CREATE.

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