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3. SAMPATKUMAR ONLY ARRIVED LAST NIGHT AND HAS ALREADY BEEN BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION. PRESENT PLANS ARE THAT A CATHOLIC RELIEF AGENCY IS LIKELY TO ARRANGE FOR THE GROUP TO BE HOUSED IN A NEWLY-BUILT, BUT UNUSED, VILLAGE FOR FISHERMEN AT SAI KUNG, WHERE THEY CAN STAY FOR 45--60 DAYS UNTIL PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IS ACHIEVED ELSEWHERE.
4. WE ARE SURE THAT SAMPATKUMAR, THE 'AVA' AND THE CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WILL MOVE AT THE BEST POSSIBLE SPEED FOR ALL INVOLVED. PLEASE TELEGRAPH EXAMPLES OF THE CRITICISM ABOUT WHICH MINISTERS ARE MOST CONCERNED, IN CASE WE CAN PROVIDE FURTHER USEFUL MATERIAL
EXPANDING PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AT THIS END AND THE LOCAL COMPLICATIONS
INCLUDING A PUBLIC HOLIDAY ON MONDAY).
MACLEHOSE
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