TO HAVE BEEN REFUSED. CHADDERTON GAVE MAILEEN ON 19TH OCTOBER A
CHADDERTON WILL FIRST LIST OF APPROVALS FROM THE 'LIST OF 1500?.
HAND OVER A SECOND SMALLER LIST OF PERHAPS TWENTY PERSONS ON THE DAY OF THE NEXT FLIGHT.
6. ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL TREATMENT CASES HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE OTHERS.
7. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT ABOUT TURNING OFF THE TAP BY THIRD WEEK NOVEMBER. BY THEN WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE INTERVIEWING PRIORITY CASES AND THIS IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN ONE HUNDRED MORE APPROVALS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THIS WOULD GIVE MAIDEEN A GRAND TOTAL OF ABOUT 1100 NAMES. ASSUMING SOME MAY NEVER RECEIVE EXIT PERMITS, WE MIGHT REQUIRE ONLY SIX OR SEVEN MORE FLIGHTS.
8. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE A COMPLETE BAN ON FUTURE APPROVALS WHERE
AFTER NOVEMBER, HOWEVER, THE APPLICATION IS ENTIRELY WITHIN POLICY. THE RATE OF APPROVALS IS EXPECTED TO DROP VERY SUBSTANTIALLY TO PERHAPS TWENTY FIVE PERSONS A MONTH. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR EITHER THE VIETNAMESE OR OURSELVES TO ARGUE THAT SUCH A LOW RATE OF APPROVALS REQUIRE THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF MAIDEEN AD INFINITUM.
9. AFTER A CERTAIN DATE WE WOULD PROPOSE TO TELL SPONSORS THAT THE JOURNEYS TO HONG KONG OF PERSONS HOLDING APPROVED 1.D.258'S WOULD THENCEFORTH DEPEND ON THE RESTORATION OF NORMAL COMMERCIAL TRAVEL LINKS OR ON SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY ICRC OR OTHER AGENCIES. THIS WOULD NOT RULE OUT OUR ARRANGING FURTHER SPECIAL FLIGHTS OF OUR OWN AT SOME FUTURE DATE SHOULD CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT
THIS.
MACLEHOSE
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