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4. WE DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO APPROACH THE JAPANESE
INFORMALLY FOR AN EXTENSION AT THIS STAGE, FURTHER GROUPS OF REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED IN JAPAN SINCE 25 SEPTEMBER AND IT IS POSSIBLE THE JAPANESE WOULD USE THE OPPORTUNITY MERELY TO REMIND
US OF THE ASSURANCES WE HAVE GIVEN AS THEY DID BOTH TO THE
NORWEGIANS AND THE DUTCH RECENTLY. WHILE IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT
AN EXTENSION WILL BE GIVEN, IT IS BY NO MEANS A FOREGONE
CONCLUSION. WE SHOULD THEREFORE BEAR IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY
THAT WE COULD BE ASKED TO RECEIVE THE REFUGEES IN THE UK.
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