TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 79

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6. RASANAYAGAM HAS HAD NO AUTHORITY FROM GENEVA TO TAKE OVER

THE KAI TAK NORTH CAMP CR TO PAY MAINTENANCE FOR REFUGEES IN

GOVERNMENT CAMPS.

7. NO REFUGEES OUTSIDE UNHCR CAMPS HAVE YET BEEN PROCESSED APART FROM THE NORTH VIETNAMESE IN THE V.R.C. HOWEVER, UNHCR INTEND TO PROCEED NEXT WEEK WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE DOUBTFUL

CASES. THE GENEVA-BASED OFFICER WHO INTERVIEWED THE 648 IS

LEAVING SHORTLY. WE BELIEVE THAT INTERVIEWING WILL NOW BE MUCH QUICKER (AND THAT FEW WILL BE REJECTED) SINCE UNHCR REGARDED THE INITIAL GROUP AS THE MAJOR DIFFICULTY.

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