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UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 230 (COPIED BY BAG TO ROME) OF
25 JUNE. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) AID FOR HONG KONG.
1.
IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF TEL UNDER REF, SIR J MURRAY RECOMMENDED THAT EARLY CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN APPLICATION TO THE WFP FOR FOOD AID FOR REFUGEES
IN HONG KONG.
2.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DEPENDENT TERRITORIES ARE IN
FACT ELIGIBLE FOR WFP ASSISTANCE. THE WFP IS
see (1343A)
This should
ADMINISTERED BY THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO) IN ROME. IF YOU WISH TO PURSUE THIS IDEA YOU SHOULD WRITE PERSONALLY TO DR EDOUARD SOAMO, THE DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF FAO, YOUR LETTER COULD BE TRANSMITTED TO
SOAMO BY THE UK PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO FAO (MR A J PECKHAM) WHO IS BASED AT THE EMBASSY IN
ROME.
За
read SOAMA according to UND. Someone should
YOUR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE CAN BE IN GENERAL send a
shart
TERMS BUT SHOULD PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE NUMBER OF telegon correcting
REFUGEES TOGETHER WITH AN INDICATION OF THE TYPE the error
AND QUANTITY OF FOOD REQUIRED.
4. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THAT THE QUESTION OF THE
EEC FOD AID PROGRAMME IS BEING PURSUED SEPARATELY.
Kong
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