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HE SAID THAT IN GENERAL HE FORESAW HIS HAVING VERY CONSIDERABLE
PROBLEMS WITH CONGRESS. IF HE WAS TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF SECURING THE
NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS HE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONVINCE
CONGRESS THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WERE
TAKING A REASONABLE SHARE OF THE PURDEN. IN THIS CONTEXT HE HOPED
THAT CUR DECISION ON THE REFUGEES ON THE STRUNGA ** WOULD BE BS
FAVOURABLE. IN THIS CONTEXT ALSO HE WAS VERY CONCERNED AT THE
NEWS HE HAD HEARD THAT FRANCE WAS INTENDING TO HALVE ITS INTAKE.
THIS WOULD HAVE A VERY BAD EFFECT ON CONGRESS. THE US HAD MADE
REPRESENTATIONS TO THE FRENCH AND HE SUGGESTED THAT WE
LIGHT CARE TO DO LIKEWISE, AT THE VERY LEAST THE FRENCH MIGHT BE PREVAILED UPON TO TAKE UNPUBLICISED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION: BUT HE
LOPED THAT THEY COULD BE PERSUADED TO CONTINUE THEIR INTAKE AT ITS
PRESENT LEVEL FOR THE TIME BEING.
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S. I ASKED CLARK IF HARTLING HAD SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HIS VISIT TO CHINA. HE SAID THAT THIS HAD HARDLY DEEN TOUCHED UPON. HARTLING HAD CIMPLY COMMENTED THAT 293,000 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM ALREADY IN CHINA WOULD SOON BE PERMANENTLY SETTLED.
. CLARK HAS NOW LEFT FOR VIENNA AND HOPES TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON ON
29 MAY.
13. HARTLING ALSO HAS GONE TO VIENNA AND I HAVE ASKED TO SEE HIM
EDIATLEY ON HIS RETURN AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK,
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