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INFO PRIORITY PARIS, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, CANBERRA, WASHINGTON, GOVERNOR HONG KONG, HANOI, PEKING, UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA.
YOUR TELNO 472: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HẢI LONG.
1. ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THE MALAYSIANS WILL AGREE TO ALLOW THE REFUGEES ASHORE ACAISNT THIRD
COUNTRY GUARANTEES TO FIND THEM A PERMANENT HOME. SINCE THE FRENCH ARE REPORTED TO HAVE OFFERED TO TAKE ALL THE REFUGEES AND
THE CANADIANS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE OFFERED TO TAKE SOME, IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE THAT THE FRENCH AND CANADIANS SHOULD TAKE
THE LEAD IN ASSOCIATING THEMSELVES WITH THIS DEMARCHE BY THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE. WE WOULD ALSO EXPECT COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD IN RESETTLING INDO CHINESE REFUGEES (IE USA AND AUSTRALIA) TO WISH TO JOIN IN THIS DEMARCHE. IF YOU JUDGE THAT YOU CAN ALSO USEFULLY ASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH. THIS DEMARCHE WITHOUT IMPLYING ANY COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE UK TO RESETTLE ANY OF THIS GROUP, PLEASE DO SO.
2. WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE UNHCR SHOULD PE LOOKING TO QUOTE FRANCE, UK AND CANADA, UNQUOTE. TO PRODUCE
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· PRODUCED BUT IT IS A PROBLEM FOR THE WHOLE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
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