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4. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR POSTS' UPDATED ADVICE ON WHETHER A VISIT BY STUMPF COULD SERVE ANY USEFUL PURPOSE. WE HAVE NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT LOCALLY FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIATED IN REFUGEE WORK TO BE SEEN TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO FIND RESETTLEMENT PLACES.
5. STUMPF WOULD INEVITABLY PLACE THE MOST OPTIMISTIC POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION ON ANYTHING SAID TO HIM AND IS OCCASIONALLY CARRIED AWAY BY HIS OWN ENTHUSIASM: THIS LED TO SOME EMBARRASSMENT FOLLOWING A VISIT HE MADE TO FRENCH GUIANA. HE CAME AWAY UNJUST- IFIABLY CONVINCED THAT RESETTLEMENT IN FRENCH GUIANA WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND GAVE MUCH PREMATURE PUBLICITY. IF HE WERE TO VISIT ANY SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES, WE SHOULD WARN HIM OF THE NEED FOR
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