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1. ACCORDING TO MEA, RICHARD KING, A REPRESENTATIVE OF FATIMA INTERNATIONAL, A ROMAN CATHOLIC LAY ORGANISATION BASED IN BRISBANE AND WITH OFFICES. IN LONDON AND WASHINGTON, MADE THE OFFER ON BEHALF OF MOLLY STEVENS, PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF N.A. GREAMIEL (SIC) TO RESETTLE THE TUNG AN REFUGEES ON ISLAND OF MAEWO.
2. KING HAD FIRST GONE TO UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE, BLATTER, WHO THOUGHT THE OFFER UNREALISTIC. THE LATTER SAID THAT STEVENS HAD
OFFERED TO SETTLE VIETNAMESE FARMERS BUT THE TUNG AN REFUGEES
WERE MAINLY CHINESE AND NOT FARMERS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD
FIRST BE NEEDED TO RESETTLE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER: AND STEVENS
WOULD HAVE TO PASS HIS OFFER THROUGH THE NEW HEBRIDES AUTHORITIES.
3. REUTERS HAVE PUT OUT STORY LOCALLY THAT DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER
IN NEW HEBRIDES HAS DENIED THAT ANY SUCH OFFER HAD BEEN MADE
BY THE GOVERNMENT OR THROUGH GOVERNMENT CHANNELS, AND THAT
STEVENS WAS PART OF A SMALL POLITICAL GROUP IN THE NEW HEBRIDES
WHO WISHED TO FLOUT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY. BLATTER HAS RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO HIS GENEVA OFFICE AND HAS DISCOUNTED THE OFFER.
4. MEA HAVE NOT PUBLICLY QUESTIONED VALIDITY OF OFFER BUT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE THAT IT HAS NO OFFICIAL BACKING. WE HAVE NOT BEEN QUESTIONED ABOUT IT AND HAVE SAID NOTHING.
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