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IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST WE WILL GET. IT WILL BE PUT TO FCO
MINISTERS ON THEIR RETURN FROM LEAVE ON 23 AUGUST.
2. THE HOME OFFICE AIM TO PUBLISH THE WHITE PAPER RESPONSE TO
SCORRI IN MID-SEPTEMBER THOUGH TIMING MAY WELL SLIP SLIGHTLY).
WE SHOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE IT PUBLISHED BEFORE THE UNHCR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER. WE ARE
THEREFORE UNDER PRESSURE TO PROVIDE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS VERY SOON,
TO ALLOW TIME FOR CLEARANCE WITH HOME OFFICE MINISTERS AND
PRINTING. WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUR DRAFT TO THEM BY THE END OF
AUGUST.
3. THE POSITION ON EACH OF THE SCORRI RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHICH
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE IS AS FOLLOWS:
(I) CLOSED CAMPS (RECOMMENDATION NO 2): DRAFT READY AND
CLEARED WITH YOU (OUR TENO 742).
(II) TRAINING (NO 3): WE ARE NOW SENDING YOU A DRAFT BASED ON
THE VERY USEFUL MATERIAL IN YOUR TELNOS 1295 AND 1406, AND
WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS BY 22 AUGUST. TEXT IN
MIFT.
(III) INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE ON RESETTLEMENT (NOS
5(I) AND (II) AND): WE ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT, AND WILL
SEND YOU A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN POINTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. THIS LEAVES RECOMMENDATION 5(IV) OUTSTANDING. PARA (G) OF
YOUR TELNO 1034 RECORDED EXCO'S INITIAL VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT.
ALTHOUGH WE RECONISE THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR EXCO TO REACH A
DECISION PRIOR TO FINAL MINISTERIAL DECISIONS HERE ON THE UK
RESETTLEMENT FORMULA, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOW
CONSULT THEM AGAIN ON THIS RECOMMENDATION AND LET UK NOW HOW WE
MIGHT RESPOND TO IT IN THE WHITE PAPER. NATURALLY, THE MORE
POSITIVE A RESPONSE, THE STRONGER OUR HAND WILL BE IN OUR FUTURE
ATTEMPTS TO PERSUADE THE HOME OFFICE TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER
RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG IN RESPONSE TO SCORRI RECOMMENDATION
NO 5(III).
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