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C. GRATEFUL FOR INCREASED EFFORTS BY UNHCR TO PERSUADE MORE COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT OUR LIBERAL POLICY TOWARDS LANDING REFUGEES IS ENCOURAGING UNHCR TO LET THE PROBLEMS HERE MOUNT UP WHILE CONCENTRATING THEIR EFFORTS (AND THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES) ON PLACES SUCH AS THAILAND,
WHERE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING A MORE RESTRICTIVE ATTITUDE.
8. THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL HERE BELIEVE THAT UK REPRESENTATIONS TO UNHCR WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT, IF THESE ARE MADE, GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON WOULD ALSO INFORM THEIR US COLLEAGUES.
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