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6. GENERALLY SPEAKING THIS CONFERENCE LOOKS AS IF IT WILL PRODUCE
SUPPLIES OF RESETTLEMENT PLACES AND MONEY SO MUCH CREATER THAN BEFORE
THAT HONG KONG WILL GAIN VERY CONSIDERABLY. BUT WE STILL HAVE TO
FOLLOW UP DILATERALLY AND CONVERT THESE GENERAL PLEDGES INTO
COMMITMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR NONG KG. BECAUSE OF THE WAY
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IN WHICH THE CONFERENCE 'AS DEVELOPED AND THE WAY THE
ASEAN COUNTRIES ARE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THEY ILL SAY NOTHING
PUBLICLY ABOUT LOCAL RESETTLEMENT, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HONG KONG SETTLING 13,333.
7. A HOME OFFICE TEAM (PIRT AND MORELY FLETCHER) WILL ARRIVE ABOUT 12 AUGUST TO SELECT ABOUT 1,530 TO GO TO THE UK.
8. THERE WILL BE A FURTHER HOME OFFICE VISIT IN THE SECOND HALF OF OCTOBER BY THE DUS (WOODFIELD) TO REVIEW PROGRESS.
UNHCR WILL DESPATCH A KISSION HEADED BY CEUNOD NEXT WEEK TO TOUR SE ASIA. I HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THEY VISIT HONG KONG LAST, SO AS TO GIVE TIME TO COMPLETE THE CRASH PROCESSING PROGRAMME AND TO SPUR RASANAYAGAR TO DO SO. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IN THE PRESENT POSITION IS APPARENT. BOTH THIS VISIT AND THAT AT PARAS 7 AND 3 SHOULD HELP TO GET THINGS MOVING.
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