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YOUR TELNO 6751 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: GREEK PROGRAMME.

THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE HAVE NOW FOUND SOME 30 VOLUNTEERS FOR

RESETTLEMENT IN GREECE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO AGRICULTURAL WORK.

THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN MEDICALLY SCREENED.

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2. WE HOPE THAT DEPARTURES CAN BE ARRANGED FAIRLY SOON AND THAT GREECE WILL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMME HERE, MAKING UP THE

BALANCE AS SOON AS FURTHER VOLUNTEERS CAN BE FOUND.

3. WE WOULD BE VERY RELUCTANT TO GIVE UP ANY OF THE GREEK QUOTA. WE HAVE, THEREFORE, SUGGESTED TO THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE QUOTA WERE

MADE DIRECTLY BETWEEN UNHCR AND GREECE. IF IN THE END IT PROVED

NECESSARY FOR SOME OF THE BALANCE TO BE TAKEN FROM PLACES OTHER THAN HONG KONG, WE WOULD EXPECT UNHCR TO TRY TO FIND COMPENSATING PLACES ON OTHER PROGRAMMES. TERLIN WAS SYMPATHETIC TO THIS SUGGESTION. IF YOU AGREE, GRATEFUL IF IT COULD ALSO BE PUT TO UNHCR BY UKMIS GENEVA.

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