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WE ARE SORRY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING OF OUR
96) TELEGRAM NO. 748. IN PARAGRAPH 7 WE MENTIONED OUR PARTICULAR
INTEREST IN AVOIDING OPENING A GOVERNMENT-RUN CAMP AND WE THOUGHT
WE HAD MADE IT CLEAR IN PARAGRAPH 9 THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
PRACTICAL MATTERS TO ARRANGE AFTER THE DECISION IN PRINCIPLE
TO LAND THE GROUP HAD BEEN TAKEN AND AFTER THE UNHCR HAD GIVEN HIS UNDERTAKING TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY (PARA 6 OF THE SAME TELEGRAM).
2. WE ARE SURPRISED AND SOMEWHAT SENSITIVE ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD
OF CRITICISM IN THE UK OR ELSEWHERE ABOUT OUR HANDLING OF THIS CASE. THERE HAS BEEN NONE IN THE REGION OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AS FAR AS WE KNOW. MORALE ON THE 'AVA IS TREMENDOUSLY HIGH BECAUSE A REASONABLE AND HUMANE SOLUTION HAS NOW BEEN FOUND. THE BURMESE TOO ARE DELIGHTED THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM
THEM. THE SHIP, WHICH IS RECENTLY BUILT FROM A GERMAN YARD, IS FIRST CLASS AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT, UNTIL THE PRACTICAL ARRANGEMEN HAVE BEEN MADE, THE GROUP ARE AS WELL OFF ON BOARD AS THEY WOULD BE SCATTERED ABOUT HAPHAZARDLY IN PENSIONS OR SMALL HOSTELS (UKMIS GENEVA TELNO. 244). THE AMERICANS HERE ARE PLEASE WITH THE
WAY WE AND THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL ISING THE PROBLEM.
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