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DRAFT:
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R J Wildash
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Reference
UNS 243/3
TO:
Your Reference
Miss D J Walker UKMis Geneva
Copies to:
S C Wells Esq, Refugee and Special Cases Section,
Bl Division, Home Office, Lunar House;
Mrs J Wyeth, DRU, BCD, ODA;
MMS ORWalker, HKD
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: TRAVEL COSTS FOR UK FAMILY
REUNION CASES
1. Please refer to FCO telegram number 1772 to
Hong Kong.
2. I enclose a copy of the letter from Dr von Arnim
to Mr Rawsthorne at the Home Office, dated
October, in which the UNHCR first put to us their
mut request that HMG should pay the travel costs of the
500 or so refugees in Hong Kong which we have
announced in our response to the SCORRI report
that we would resettle.
3. The latest indications from Hong Kong (Hong
Kong telegram number 2479) are that the UNHCR
probably
will not now seek reimbursement by HMG of the travel
will not
costs of the first: 21 refugees who will be leaving
before the end of the month. It may be that, now,
that we have made known our reluctance to pay the
costs of any of the 500, UNHCR will let the matter
drop. However, given the current state of their
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