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YOURTEL NO 1540:

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1. IN LIGHT/OF INFORMATION IN UKMIS GENEVA TEL NO 526, AND MANILA TELS NOS 432 AND 437, WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO APPROACH THE UNHCR, AS HOLBROOKE PROPOSED, AND AGREE THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO SEEK ANYTHING MORE EXPLICIT FROM THE FILIPINOS,

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