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MR WALDHEIM'S APPEAL.

5. MR WALDHEIM SUBSEQUENTLY HAD AN OFFICIAL AUDIENCE WITH THE KING AND QUEEN AT THEIR PALACE IN HUA HIN. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY

KRIANGSAK.

6. BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE MR WALDHEIM HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE HE STRESSED ONCE AGAIN THAT THIRD COUNTRIES MUST ACT QUICKLY TO HELP THAILAND COPE WITH THE FLOOD OF REFUGEES. HE ADMITTED, HOWEVER, THAT HE COULD SEE NO IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO THE PRQENT SITUATION.

7. SEE MİFT.

GORING MORRIS

FILES

HK & GD

PS

PS/SIRIGILMOUR ASIMR BLAKER PS/MR HURD

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

UND

SEAD

FED

SAD

EID (E)

PUSD

OID

IPD

MR LEAHY

NEWS D MVD

MR MURRAY

2

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON

MR BURLEIGH .

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR BIRT

HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE

CROYDON

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