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YOUR TELS NOS 53 AND 59: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: W S MATHER

1. SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT FROM UNHCR (WHO WILL, OF COURSE, BE PAYING), WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE GROUP OF 21 ARRIVING ON THE FLIGHT MENTIONED IN PARA 4 OF YOUR TEL NO 53. YOU MAY NOW ISSUE VISAS TO THIS GROUP.

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2. PLEASE INFORM UNHCR OF ACTION PROPOSED ABOVE. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ALSO MENTION TO THEM PROBLEM ABOUT PAYMENT OF FARES FOR GROUP GOING TO CANADA (TOKYO TELMO 59), AND REMIND THEM THAT THEY ORIGINALLY AGREED TO PAY FARES FOR ALL THE MATHER REFUGEES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ULTIMATE DESTINATION, YOU SHOULD. EXPLAIN THE NEED TO GET

THIS QUESTION SETTLED PROMPTLY, TO ENABLE THIS GROUP TO LEAVE JAPAN BEFORE 22 FEBRUARY.

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