TNAG-1274-FCO40-1624-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 202

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GVA/FCO 1/1

TT HONG KONG

FCQ

GRS 210

TELELETTER

RESTRICTED

HKK 243/1.

NOCEIVED IN BLISTAY

5 SEP 1983

DESK OFFICER

INDLA

PA

FROM: B ADAMS, UKMIS GENEVA

DATED: 31 AUGUST 1983

REGISTRY Artion Taken

Mr is Kall

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Spoke to

AND are

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these arrangements

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TO: C E LEEKS ESQ, SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG these

AND TO: R J F HOARE ESQ, HKD/FCO

CM J SEAGAR ESQ, SEAD/F CO

MS H YU, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE/LONDON

UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1983

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1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 26 AUGUST. WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE PATRICK WILLIAMSON IN GENEVA AGAIN.

2. ON THE TIMING OF THE VISIT, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT 5 TO ABOUT 18 OCTOBER WOULD BE A SUFFICIENTLY LONG STAY AND A LITTLE MORE BALANCED THAN THE EARLIER ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DATES WHICH YOU SUGGESTED. DELEGATES FROM CAPITALS DO NOT NORMALLY ARRIVE HERE UNTIL EXCOM PROPER BEGINS, SO WILLIAMSON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THEM BEFORE THE SESSION. THE TWO SUB-COMMITTEES WHICH MEET

DURING THE WEEK STARTING 3 OCTOBER WILL DISCUSS ADMINISTRATION

MATTERS AND LEGAL PROTECTION ISSUES AND WILL BE OF MARGINAL INTEREST TO WILLIAMSON. HOWEVER HE COULD USE THE LATTER HALF

OF THAT WEEK FOR MEETINGS WITH UNHCR PERSONNEL AND MISSIONS HERE. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE A PROGRAMME IF WILLIAMSON WOULD LET

US KNOW THE SECTIONS IN UNHCR AND THE MISSIONS ON WHICH HE WISHES

TO CALL.

3. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR OCTOBER IS SCARCE OWING TO A LARGE CONFERENCE WHICH TAKES PLACE THEN BUT I HAVE MADE A PROVISIONAL BOOKING AT THE MON REPOS, A HOTEL ON RUE LAUSANNE ALMOST OPPOSITE

THE UNHCR BUILDING. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS WILL SUIT

WILLIAMSON AND, WHEN DECIDED, THE DATES OF HIS STAY.

SIGNED: B D ADAMS.

HRD PLEASE PASS HONG KONG SOUT OFFICE LONDON

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