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FROM: C.E. LEEKS, SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG

FILE REF: NFR

DATED 26 AUGUST 1983

TO: B.D. ADAMS, ESQ., UKMIS GENEVA AND TO: R.J.F. HOARE, ESQ., (HKD FCO

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RECEIVLU IN HEGISTRY 2 1 SEP 1933

C.M.J. SEGAR, ESQ., SEAT, FCO HELEN YU, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDONK OFFICES

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UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1983. FOLLOWING D.G. JEAFFRESON'S VISIT TO GENEVA ON 5 JULY, WE ARE MAKING PLANS FOR P.J. WILLIAMSON TO ATTEND THE FORTHCOMING UNHCR EXCOM AS A MEMBER OF THE UK DELEGATION. HAVING DISCUSSED THIS INFORMALLY WITH THE LOCAL UNHCR CHARGE DE MISSION, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

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(A) WE BELIEVE WILLIAMSON SHOULD ARRIVE WELL BEFORE THE FORMAL EXCOM OPENS ON 10 OCTOBER, IN ORDER TO MEET OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AND PUT HK'S CASE IN THE MARGINS''. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST HE ARRIVES IN GENEVA ON 1 OCTOBER:

(B) ALTHOUGH EXCOM CONTINUES UNTIL 19 OCTOBER, WE BELIEVE THE LAST FEW DAYS DISCUSSIONS DO NOT USUALLY AFFECT HK. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST WILLIAMSON LEAVES GENEVA ON 14 OR 15 OCTOBER:

(C) UNHCR HERE HAS OFFERED TO CONSULT FELDMANN ON WHOM WILLIAMSON SHOULD MEET AND WHEN. WE GATHER ALSO THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SUBCOMMITTEES IN THE WEEK BEFORE EXCOM WHICH MIGHT BE WORTH OUR ATTENDING. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON WHETHER YOU COULD SET UP THESE VARIOUS MEETINGS, OR WHETHER YOU WOULD PREFER THAT WE ASK UNHCR HERE TO ARRANGE: AND

(D) WILLIAMSON WOULD PREFER A REASONABLE HOTEL AWAY FROM THE CENTRE OF GENEVA, SUITABLE FOR A COCKTAIL GATHERING OR OTHER HOSPITALITY.

2. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR ADVICE ON ALL THE ABOVE BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH BOOKINGS ETC.

SIGNED C.E. LEEKS

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