TO TAKE IMMIGRANTS FROM ELSEWHERE, COULD TAKE CHLY LIMITED NUMBERS OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES. BUT THEY HOPED WE WOULD TAKE AS MANY AS WE COULD. THEY ALSO WELCOMED THE IMPORTANT FINANCIAL CONTRIB- UTION BRITAIN MADE TO UNHCR AND HOPED WE WOULD DO EVEN MORE. GIVEN BRITAIN'S MORAL AUTHORITY, TIES TO COUNTRIES IN THE REGI SUCH AS MALAYSIA AND SUPPORT FOR UNHCR, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT SHOULD BE SEEN TO TAKE A HIGH LEVEL INTEREST IN THE CONFERENCE. HOLBROOKE ASKED WHO WOULD REPRESENT US. I SAID OUR DELEGATION WOULD PROBABLY BE LED BY SIR J MURRAY. HOLBROOKE SAID THE WRONG SIGNS WOULD PROBABLY BE GIVEN IF WE WERE REPRESENTED BY SOMEONE BASED IN GENEVA. IT COULD ALSO INFLUENCE THE LEVEL OF REPRESENT- ATION OF OTHERS E.G. JAPAN. HE URGED STRONGLY THAT A REPRESENTATIVE BE SENT FROM LONDON. GIVEN MR LUARD'S INTEREST IN THE REGION AND IN HUMAN RIGHTS, HE SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE IF MR LUARD (WHOM HE KNEW WELL) COULD SPEAK FOR BRITAIN AT THE MEETING. I PROMISED TO REPORT HIS REPRESENTATIONS ON THIS POINT, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED WHEN HE TOOK ME TO CALL ON. WARREN CHRISTOPHER.
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