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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 228 OF 4 OCTOBER
UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
MACINNES LETTER OF 28 SEPTEMBER.
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1. YOU WILL NOW HAVE RECEIVED THE MAIN BRIEF FOR THIS MEETING.
IN THE EVENT MR HURD. WAS UNABLE TO CALL ON MR RAISON BUT TODAY'S
BAG CONTAINS A COPY OF OUR SUBMISSION TO MR HURD COVERING A
SCENE-SETTING LETTER TO MR RAISON. TODAY'S BAC ALSO INCLUDES
BRIEFING ON AID FOR CAMBODIA.
2. ON HONG KONG, YOU WILL NO DOUBT WISH TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE
IN MR RAISON'S SPEECH TO THE COLONY'S ACUTE PROBLEMS AND YOU SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THE MEETING FOR A DETAILED
DISCUSSION OF HONG KONG'S FINANCIAL NEEDS DRAWING ON HONG KONG
TELNO 1351 OF 28 SEPTEMBER.
3. ON THE SUBJECT OF BRITISH PERSONNEL IN THE SECRETARIAT YOU
MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IAN WARD'S REPORT FROM BANGKOK IN TODAY'S
DAILY TELEGRAPH THAT HANOI, AMID AN ESCALLATING CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, HAS REJECTED A UN APPLICATION TO APPOINT A HEAD OF THE REFUGEE OFFICE IN VIETNAM PECAUSE THE PROPOSED
OFFICIAL IS BRITISH'. WARD QUOTES DIPLOMATIC SOURCES IN BANGKOK
TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PRESENT SWEDISH INCUMBENT WILL REMAIN IN POST FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AFTER WHICH THE POST WILL REMAIN VACANT UNLESS THE BRITISH REPLACEMENT IS ACCEPTED. NEWS DEPARTMENT IF ASKED WOULD TAKE THE LINE, OFF THE RECORD, THAT WE WOULD EXPECT VIETNAM AS A MEMBER OF THE UN TO OBSERVE ARTICLE 100 (2) OF THE CHARTER AND TO RESPECT THE EXCLUSIVELY INTER-
NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY-
GENERAL AND HIS STAFF. WE WOULD ALSO EXPECT UNHCR TO APPOINT THE
BEST MAN FOR THE JOB IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 101 (3). NEWS
DEPARTMENT WOULD DECLINE TO COMMENT ON THE ACCURACY OF WARD'S
REPORT, BUT WOULD CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE ASKED YOU TO MAKE INFORMAL
ENQUIRIES OF UNHCR. PLEASE ACT ACCORDINGLY.
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