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IMMEDIATE TOKYO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 457 OF 30 AUGUST

REPEATED TO (FOR INFO) IMMEDIATE

ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA

UKMIS NEW YORK, HONG KONG

SAVING TO (FOR INFO) OTTAWA, PARIS

YOUR TELNO 463: RUDD BANK

PEKING WASHINGTON

1. IN THE LIGHT OF UNHCR'S UNFORTHCOMING REPLY (UKMIS GENEVA

TELNO 407) AND OUR INABILITY TO CONTACT CASELLA DIRECTLY, THE

BEST RESPONSE WHICH WE CAN GIVE TO THE JAPANESE IS A TEXT BASED

ON PEKING TELNO 729 AND WASHINGTON TELNO 2394. WE WOULD PREFER

THIS TO BE DONE IN THE FORM OF A 'BOUT DU PAPIER', BUT YOU MAY

CONSIDER THAT A MORE FORMAL COMMUNICATION IS NECESSARY, MIFT

CONTAINS A DRAFT PIECE OF PAPER WHICH UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION

YOU SHOULD PASS TO THE MFA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

2. BANK LINE HOW SAY THAT THE RUDD BANK HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO

MOJI BY THE CHARTERERS, AND MAY ARRIVE THERE, ON SATURDAY

1 SEPTEMBER.

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