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4. IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OUR PRESENT POLICY TO GIVE AN UNDER- TAKING TO THE JAPANESE (SUCH AS THAT WE GAVE LAST YEAR ON BEHALF OF THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN REFUGEES WHEN OUR QUOTA WAS IN OPERATION) ON BEHALF OF THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF REFUGEES, WE HOPE THE GROUP WILL STILL BE ALLOWED TO LAND ON THE USUAL UNDERTAKING GIVEN BY UNHCR. IF NOT, THE LATTER WILL PRESUM- ABLY PRESS THE JAPANESE AND, IF NECESSARY, THE LIBERIANS ON THE MATTER.

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