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FM HONG KONG 0893182 JUN 79

TO IMMED.ATE UKMIS GENEVA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 13 OF 8 JUNE

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INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

VIETNAM REFUGEES.

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1. 1 AM RETURNING TO LONDON NEXT WEEK FOR CONSULTATIONS, FOLLOWED BY A SHORT VISIT TO WASHINGTON,

2. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS OUTSTANDING WITH UNHCR. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS AND THOS OF FCC I WOULD LIKE DISCUSS THEM IN GENEVA ON MY WAY BACK TO HONG KONG. I COULD DO THIS EITHER ON FRIDAY 22 JUNE (ARRIVING THE PREVIOUS EVENING) OR ON THE MORNING OF MONDAY 25 JUNE, BUT WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE CONEVA BY MONDAY EVENING AT THE LATEST. I WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY FURD, SECRETARY FOR FORMATION AND WILSON, POLITICAL ADVISER.

3. MY OBJECT WOULD BE TO SEE HARTLING AND REACH DECISIONS ON OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. THESE ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO ENABLE US TO MAKE OUR OWN PLANS AND TO HELP THE UNHCR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE. IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL PRESENTATIONALLY HERE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE

DOING THE MAXIMUM TO SECURE THE HELP OF UNHCR,

4. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR URGENT ADVICE, I LEAVE HERE ON THE

EVENING OF 12 JUNE AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS DEFORE

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