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CONSIDERABLE EFFECT ON THE AMERICANS WHEN THEY NEXT REVIEW THEIR

PROGRAMME: AND ON OTHER COUNTRIES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE STILL TO DECIDE HOW TO ALLOCATE THEIR QUOTAS FOR 1993.

4. THE RECENT HOME OFFICE TEAM ONLY IDENTIFIED 1,773 CANDIDATE AND FOUND LESS INTEREST IN THE UK THAN THEY EXPECTED. HOWEVER, WHEN IT BECOMES KNOWN THAT THE US PROGRAMME IS SLOWING

DOWN WE THINK MORE ACTIVE INTEREST MAY BE SHOWN IN RESETTLEMENT

IN THE UK. WE WOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF IT COULD BE AGREED

TO AIM FOR A HIGHER RATE OF RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK OVER THE NEXT

TWO OR THREE MONTHS AND IF SPECIAL EFFORTS COULD BE MADE TO

SELECT REFUGEES TO ACHIEVE THIS.

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