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5, WE SHALL HAVE IMMENSE DIFFICULTIES WITH LOCAL OPINION AND . CONSIDERABLE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN FINDING ACCOMMODATION IN WHICH UNHCR COULD PROCESS THE REFUGEES. GRATEFUL, THEREFORE, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL BEING MOVED TO THE U.K WITHIN ONE MONTH, EXCEPT THOSE WHOM THE AMERICANS FIND ELEGIBLE UNDER CATEGORIES 1 TO 3 OF THEIR PROGRAMME.

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