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INFO PRIORITY: WASHINGTON, PEKING, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELNO.74 (ONLY TO SIMPSON-ORLEBAR) : HUEY FONG''.

1. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NOW HAVE A COPY OF REFTEL, PARA.6 SUB-PARA (11) OF WHICH RAISES THE POSSIBILITY OF A GREATER UNHCR

PRESENCE IN TAIWAN. IN THE CONTEXT OF A FINAL PUSH WHICH WE ARE MAKING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO PERSUADE THE **HUEY FONG GO TO TAIWAN, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF UNHCR COULD PROVISIONALLY AUTHORISE ONE OF THEIR OFFICIALS, PREFERABLY RASANAYAGAM, TO GO TO TAIWAN IF THE SHIP IS ALLOWED TO LAND ITS

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