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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 20 OF 19 JANUARY 1977.
INFO IMMEDIATE TOKYO. INFO ROUTINE HONGKONG.
TOKYO TELNO 43: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: MS MATHER
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1. UNHCR HEADQUARTERS ARE ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO THEIR TOKYO REPRESENTATIVE THAT HE SHOULD ASSIST THE REMAINING SEVEN TO
MOVE TO THE UK IF HE IS SATISFIED THAT THE USA WILL NOT
HAVE THEM,
2. THERE DOES INDEED SEEM TO HAVE BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE
UNHCR ABOUT THE UNDERTAKING IN JAEGER'S LETTER OF 30 SEPTEMBER
1976, WE MENTIONED THIS UNDERTAKING TO THEM LAST NIGHT BEFORE
SENDING OUR TELNO 17, BUT RETURNED TO THE CHARGE TODAY AFTER
RECEIVING TOKYO'S TUR, IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT THE PRECISE TERMS OF THE LETTER WERE NOT KNOWN TO THE (RECENTLY ARRIVED) UNICR
DESK OFFICER. THEIR OFFICER HAD BEEN HANDLING THESE REFUGEES IN
PRECISELY THE SAME MANNER AS THE MANY OTHER BOAT PEOPLE'* GOING TO CANADA. HOPEFULLY, THIS PROBLEM WILL NOW BE SPEEDILY
RESOLVED.
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